Solution
You can make a short movie of the day just by shooting still images. The camera records 2 – 4-second clips of scenes before each shot, which are later combined in a digest movie.
The procedure for shooting in Hybrid Auto mode is explained below.
1. Press the power button to turn the camera on.
2. Set the mode switch to [
].
3. Compose the shot.
- To zoom in and enlarge the subject, move the zoom lever toward [
] (telephoto), and to zoom away from the subject, move it toward [ 
] (wide angle). (A zoom bar showing the zoom position is displayed, along with the area in focus.)
Zoom bar showing the zoom position
4. Focus.
- Press the shutter button halfway. The camera beeps twice after focusing, and AF frames are displayed to indicate image areas in focus.
- Several AF frames are displayed when multiple areas are in focus.
- For more impressive digest movies, aim the camera at subjects about four seconds before shooting still images.
5. Press the shutter button all the way down to shoot.
- As the camera shoots, a shutter sound is played, and in low-light conditions when you have raised the flash, it fires automatically.
- Keep the camera still until the shutter sound ends.
- After displaying your shot, the camera will revert to the shooting screen.
- The camera records both a still image and movie clip. The clip, which ends with the still image and a shutter sound, forms a single chapter in the digest movie.
IMPORTANT
- Battery life is shorter in this mode than in [
] mode, because digest movies are recorded for each shot.
- A digest movie may not be recorded if you shoot a still image immediately after turning the camera on, choosing [ ] mode, or operating the camera in other ways.
- Camera operating sounds will be recorded in digest movies.
NOTE
- Digest movie quality is [
] and cannot be changed.
- Sounds are not played when you press the shutter button halfway or trigger the self-timer.
- Digest movies are saved as separate movie files in the following cases even if they were recorded on the same day in [ ] mode.
-- The digest movie file size reaches approximately 4 GB, or the total recording time reaches approximately 29 minutes and 59 seconds.
-- The digest movie is protected.
-- Daylight saving time or time zone settings are changed.
-- A new folder is created.
- Recorded shutter sounds cannot be modified or erased.
- If you prefer to record digest movies without still images, adjust the setting in advance. Choose [MENU] -> [
] tab -> [Digest Type] -> [No Stills].
- Individual chapters can be edited.
