Reference Manual
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Movies
Short Movie Show Mode (Combining Movie Clips to Create Short Movies)
The camera creates a short movie that is up to 30 
seconds long (e1080/30p or S1080/25p) 
by recording and automatically combining multiple 
movie clips that are several seconds long.
1 Press the d (menu) button and 
configure the settings for recording 
movies.
• Number of shots: Set the number of movie 
clips that the camera records and the recording 
time for each movie clip. By default, the camera 
records 15 movie clips that are 2 seconds each 
to create a 30-second short movie.
• Special effects (A104): Apply various effects to movies when shooting.
Effects can be changed for each movie clip.
• Background music: Select the background music. Move the zoom control (A2) 
toward g (i) to preview it.
• After the settings are complete, press the d button or shutter-release button to 
exit the menu.
2 Press the b (e movie-record) 
button to record a movie clip.
• The camera automatically stops recording the 
movie clip when the time specified in step 1 
elapses.
• Movie clip recording can be paused temporarily.
See “Pausing Movie Recording” (A105).
3 Check the recorded movie clip, or 
delete it.
• To check it, press the k button.
• To delete it, press the l button. The last 
recorded movie clip or all movie clips can be 
deleted.
• To continue recording movie clips, repeat the 
operation in step 2.
• To change the effects, return to step 1.
Short Movie Show Mode (Combining Movie 
Clips to Create Short Movies)
Short movie show
Number of shots
Special eects
Background music
End recording
F 3 .4
F3.4
5 0 0
500
2 5 m  0s
25m 0s
0 . 0
0.0
0
15
1 / 25 0
1/250
1 0 0
100
F 3 .4F3.4 5 0 0500
Preview
2 4 m3 6s24m36s
0 . 00.0
12
15
1 / 25 01/250
1 0 0100
Number of movie clips 
recorded










