Movie Recording

Creative Filter Characteristics

  • Dream Dream

    Applies a soft, dreamy, otherworldly appearance. Gives the movie a soft look overall, blurring the periphery of the screen. You can adjust the blurry areas along the screen edges.

  • Old movies Old movies

    Creates an atmosphere like an old film by adding wavering, scratches, and flickering effects to the image. The top and bottom of the screen are masked in black. You can modify the wavering and scratch effects by adjusting the filter effect.

  • Memory Memory

    Creates the atmosphere of a distant memory. Gives the movie a soft look overall, reducing brightness of the periphery of the screen. You can modify the overall saturation and the dark areas along the screen edges by adjusting the filter effect.

  • Dramatic B&W Dramatic B&W

    Creates an atmosphere of dramatic realism with high-contrast black and white. You can adjust the graininess and black-and-white effect.

  • Miniature effect movies Miniature effect movies

    You can record movies with a miniature (diorama) effect. Select the playback speed and record.

    Shooting under the default setting will keep the center looking sharp.

    To move the area that looks sharp (the scene frame), see Adjusting the Miniature Effect. 1-point AF is used as the AF area. Shooting with the AF point and scene frame aligned is recommended. The AF point and scene frame are hidden during recording.

    Set the playback speed to [5x], [10x], or [20x] before recording.

Speed and playback time (for a 1-minute movie)

Speed Playback Time
5x Approx. 12 sec.
10x Approx. 6 sec.
20x Approx. 3 sec.

Caution

  • [Miniature effect movies] (Miniature effect movie)

  • Sound is not recorded.
  • Movie Servo AF will not function.
  • Editing is not available for miniature effect movies with a playback time less than 1 sec. ().

Adjusting the Miniature Effect

  1. Move the scene frame.

    • Use the scene frame to set an area that will look sharp.
    • To make the scene frame movable (displayed in orange), press the INFO button or tap [Scene frame adjustment] in the lower right of the screen. By tapping [Orientation switching], you can also switch between vertical and horizontal scene frame orientation. Scene frame orientation can also be switched from horizontal orientation by pressing the Left keyRight key keys and from vertical orientation with the Up keyDown key keys.
    • Control dialTo move the scene frame, use the Control dial dial or Cross keys keys. To center the scene frame again, press the MENU button.
    • Press Quick Control/Set to confirm the scene frame position and enable movement of the AF point, which turns orange.

  2. Move the AF point as needed and record the movie.

    • Use the Control dial dial or Cross keys keys to move the AF point to the position to focus on.
    • Aligning the AF point and scene frame is recommended.
    • To return the AF point to the center of the screen, press the MENU button.
    • To confirm the position of the AF point, press Quick Control/Set.

Note

  • To switch from moving the AF point to moving the scene frame, press the INFO button after Quick Control/Set.