IMPORTANT

• Note that each session takes a long time, and requires many shots. Check the battery level and memory card space in advance.

3. Press the [ ] button when the shooting screen is displayed.

4. When the menu options are displayed, press the [ ] , [ ] buttons to choose [Rec. Mode] ( )in the upper left of the screen, and then press the [ ] button.

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• If the default settings have not been changed, [ ] will be displayed.

5. Press the [ ] , [ ] buttons to choose [ : Star] from the options displayed at the bottom of the screen, and then press the [ ] button.

6. Press [ ] () when the following screen is displayed.

7. Press the [ ] , [ ] buttons to choose [ : Star Time-Lapse Movie ] from the options appearing on the bottom of the screen, and then press the [ ] button.

NOTE

• Zoom is set to maximum wide angle and cannot be adjusted.

8. Press the [ ] button.

NOTE

• You can also touch ( ) on the shooting screen to make the setting.

9. When the following screen appears, press the [ ] , [ ] buttons to select the desired item and make the setting for the movie.

The options that can be configured in [Start Time-lapse Movie] mode are shown in the table below.

Item	Options	Details
Save [ ] Stills	Enable / Disable	You can choose to save each shot collected before the movie is created. When [Enable] is selected, you cannot use [Effect].
Effect	, , , ,	Choose movie effects, such as star trail.
Shot Interval	15 sec., 30 sec., 1 min.	Choose the interval between each shot.
Frame Rate	, (NTSC) , (PAL)	Choose the movie frame rate.
Shooting Time	60 min., 90 min., 120 min., Unlimited	Choose the length of the recording session. To record until the battery runs out, choose [Unlimited].
Auto exposure	Lock to 1st shot / For each shot	You can choose to lock to the first shot's exposure or change the exposure for each shot.

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• A shooting interval of [1 min.] is not available with these effects: [ ] , [ ] , [ ] or [ ]

Estimated playback time based on shooting interval and frame rate (for a one-hour session)

Interval between Shots	Frame Rate		Playback Time
	NTSC	PAL
15 sec.			16 sec.
15 sec.			8 sec.
30 sec.			8 sec.
30 sec.			4 sec.
1 min.			4 sec.
1 min.			2 sec.

　

IMPORTANT

• There will be a delay before you can shoot again, as the camera processes the images.
• If the camera runs out of battery power or memory card space, shooting stops and a movie created from the images up to that point is saved.

NOTE

• Sound is not recorded.
• For easier viewing, try choosing [MENU] [ ] tab [Night Display] before shooting.

• You can also access the screen in step 9 by choosing [MENU] [ ] tab [Star Time-Lapse Movie Setting].
• Images saved with [Save Stills] set to [Enable] are managed as a single group, and during playback, only the first image is displayed. To indicate that the image is part of a group, [ ] is displayed in the upper left of the screen. If you erase a grouped image, all images in the group are also erased. Be careful when erasing images.
• Grouped images can be played back individually and ungrouped.
• Protecting a grouped image will protect all images in the group.
• Grouped images can be viewed individually when played back using Image Search. In this case, images are temporarily ungrouped.
• The following actions are not available for grouped images: editing Face ID information, magnifying, tagging as favorites, editing, printing, setting up individual image printing, or adding to a photoboo. To do these things, either view grouped images individually or cancel grouping first.
• Try switching to manual focus mode to more accurately specify the focal position before shooting.