animation shooting is a special shooting technique that allows you to create a video clip by capturing the images for each frame separately with the shutter release button. this allows you to capture the images when you want based on the movement of the subject or the changes that you make to the subject. for example, you can gradually change the shape of a clay figure as you capture the images to make a video clip where the clay figure appears to be moving by itself.

    the audio is not recorded during the animation shooting, so the completed video clip will have no sound.

   

   

    1 press the mode button.

    ?the video clip shooting setting screen appears.

    ?the resolution and frame rate settings cannot be changed in the middle of animation shooting. if necessary, change these settings as desired before proceeding to step 2.

   

   

   

    by fixing the settings for animation shooting, the images of the different frames shot over time are captured more accurately. if animation shooting is performed with the digital disk camera set to autofocus, program ae, and auto white balance, then each image may be captured with slightly different settings making each image slightly different. to avoid this, set ae lock (see page 92) and white balance lock (see page 96) and set the focus manually.

    with animation shooting, audio is not recorded; you cannot use the self-timer (see page 80) function.

    4 press the set button.

    ?the animation shooting ready screen appears.

    ?to stop animation shooting, press the mode button.

   

    5 press the shutter release button.

    ?the image for the first frame is captured.

    ?if the digital disk camera is left for three (when using the battery pack) or thirty (when using the ac adapter/charger) minutes after the first frame is captured, the monitor will automatically turn off. to turn the monitor back on, press the power button. to turn it back off, press the power button again.

   

   

   

    help

    if error appears at step 4

    this error message tells you that the temporary data for an animation shooting or video clip interval shooting (see page 101) already exists in the digital disk camera. either save the temporary data or erase it (see 2 and 3 of step 7 on page 110). to start a new animation shooting, you will need to erase any existing temporary data.

   

    when performing animation shooting, if necessary, use a tripod and the remote control to capture images. this prevents the digital disk camera from moving and ensures the same camera angle.

    6 move the subject as desired.

    ?repeat steps 5 and 6 until your animation shooting is completed.

   

   

   

    3 press the set button.

    if you selected "continue," the animation shooting resumes.

    if you selected "build movie," "processing" appears and the temporary data is used to create a video clip. when this is completed, the animation shooting is ended.

    if you selected "discard data," the temporary data is erased. see step 2 on page 111.

    if you selected "exit," the animation shooting is stopped with the images captured stored as temporary data. in this condition you can perform all of the functions of the digital disk camera except for animation shooting and video clip interval shooting (see page 101). if you attempt to perform animation shooting, the animation shooting error screen (see page 109) will appear, and if you attempt to perform video clip interval shooting, the video clip interval shooting error screen (see page 102) will appear. follow the instructions given for those screens.

    the digital disk camera cannot be turned off during animation shooting. you will need to first end the animation shooting and then turn off the digital disk camera.

    once the video clip is created from the temporary data, the video clip can be viewed just as a normal video clip (see page 63). check the video clip and then erase the temporary data (see page 111).

    erasing the temporary data from animation shooting

    during animation shooting, the images captured are stored in your digital disk camera as temporary data. after this data is used to create the video clip, it will be necessary to erase this data. also, if you stop animation shooting before it is completed and create the video clip, it will also be necessary to erase the temporary data.

    preparation

    display the animation shooting error screen (see page 109) or the animation shooting completion screen (see page 110).

   

   

   

   

    even after the temporary data is used to create a video clip, it still remains and is not erased.

    (your digital disk camera is programmed to not automatically erase the temporary data.)

    since the temporary data is not a video clip, it will not appear in the folder information screen (see page 118) or the folder erase all confirmation screen (see page 151) as a video clip. be aware of this when erasing all the data in a folder or formatting a disk.