Setting Guide(Movie Edition)

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Time-Lapse Movie Techniques, Continued
Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix
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Start shooting.
Highlight Start and press
J
. The rst series of shots will be taken
at the specied starting time, or after about 3s if Now was selected
for Choose start day/time in Step 2. Shooting will continue at the
selected interval until all shots have been taken.
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Create a time‑lapse movie.
This step requires third-party software that supports time-lapse movie creation. Use the soft-
ware to import photos taken using interval timer shooting and create a time-lapse movie.
 Pausing Interval Timer Photography
Interval timer photography can be paused between intervals by pressing
J
or selecting Pause in
the interval timer menu.
 Resuming Interval Timer Photography
To resume shooting immediately, select Restart in the interval timer
menu.
Highlight Restart and press
J
.
To resume shooting at a specied time:
In the interval timer menu, highlight
Choose start day/time and press
2
.
Choose a starting date and time and
press
J
.
Highlight Restart and press
J
.
 Ending Interval Timer Photography
To end interval timer photography before all the photos are taken, select O in the interval timer
menu.
Out of Memory
If the memory card is full, the interval timer will remain active but no pictures will be taken. Resume
shooting after deleting some pictures or turning the camera o and inserting another memory card.
Extending the Metering System’s Lower Limit
Enabling both exposure smoothing and silent photography extends the lower limit of the exposure
metering system downward by −3EV, allowing exposure mode A to be used with subjects—such as the
stars coming out as the sky darkens from dusk, or the sky brightening from night to dawn—that vary so
greatly in brightness that they cannot be shot in mode M .