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9. Recording Motion Pictures
Applicable modes: 
This will reduce the wind noise coming into the built-in microphone while maintaining 
sound quality.
Settings: [HIGH]/[STANDARD]/[OFF]
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[HIGH] effectively reduces the wind noise by minimizing the low -pitched sound when a strong 
wind is detected.
•[STANDARD] extracts and reduces  only the wind noise without deteriorating the sound quality.
•You may not see the full effect depending on the recording cond itions.
Not available in these cases:
•This function works only for the built-in microphone and is not  available when an external 
microphone is in use.
•This function is not available in the following case:–[Miniature Effect] (Creative Control Mode)
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Playing Back Pictures
1Press [ (].
2Press  2/1.
•If you press and hold  2/1, you can play back the 
pictures in succession.
•Pictures can also be forwarded or rewound by rotating the front  dial or dragging the 
screen horizontally.  (P59)
•You can forward or rewind pictures continuously by keeping your  finger on the left or 
right sides of the screen after forwarding/rewinding a picture.
(Pictures are displayed reduced in size)
•Speed of picture forwarding/re winding changes depending on the  playback status.
∫To finish playback
Press [(] again or press the shutter button halfway.
Not available in these cases:
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This camera complies with the DCF standard “Design rule for Camer a File system” established 
by JEITA “Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industri es Association” and with Exif 
“Exchangeable Image File Format”.
This camera can only display pictures that comply with the DCF standard.
•The camera may not play back images recorded on other devices c orrectly, and the functions 
of the camera may not be available for the images.
2 : Play back the previous picture
1 : Play back the next picture
Switching the speed for forwarding or rewinding pictures continuously >  [Custom]  > [Touch Scroll]  > [H] (High speed)/[L] (Low speed)
Sending an image to a web service
If you press 
4 when displaying images one by one, you can easily send an imag e to 
a web service.  (P317)
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Playing Back Motion Pictures
This unit was designed to play motion pictures using the AVCHD and MP4 formats.
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Motion pictures are displayed with the motion picture icon 
([ ]).
•4K burst files recorded with the 4K Photo function are displayed 
with [ ]. 
For information on the playback of 4K burst files, refer to  P185. 
Press  3 to play back.
AMotion picture recording time
•After playback starts, the elapsed playback time is displayed o n the screen.
For example, 8 minutes and 30 seconds is displayed as [8m30s].
•Some information (recording information, etc.) is not displayed  for motion pictures recorded in 
[AVCHD].
•Touching [ ] in the middle of the screen allows you to play back  motion pictures.•Motion pictures recorded with [Snap Movie] are played back automatically.
∫Operations during Motion Picture Playback
Button 
operationTouch 
operationDescription of  operationButton 
operationTo u c h  
operationDescription of  operation
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Fast forward¢ 1
Frame-by-frame 
rewind
(while pausing)
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Frame-by-frame 
forward
(while pausing)
Reduce volume levelIncrease volume 
level
¢  1 The fast forward/rewind speed increases if you press  1/2 again.
¢   2 When a motion picture recorded with [AVCHD] is rewound frame -by-frame, its frames will 
be shown in intervals of approximately 0.5 seconds.
•Control panel disappears after approximately 2 seconds if no operation is performed. Touch 
the screen to redisplay the control panel.
•If you press [MENU/SET] during a pause, you can create a pictur e from a motion picture. 
(P254)
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∫Operations during automatic Snap Movie playback
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If you touch the screen, automatic playback will stop.
•To play back the motion pictures recorded by this unit on a PC,  use the “ PHOTOfunSTUDIO ” 
software on the DVD (supplied).
You can save a scene of a motion picture as a picture.
1Press  3 to pause motion picture playback.
•You can finely adjust the location for division by pressing  2/1 while the motion picture 
is paused.
2Press [MENU/SET].
•The same operation can be performed by touching 
[].
•Confirmation screen is displayed. It is executed when 
[Yes] is selected.
•Still pictures will be saved with [Aspect Ratio] set to [16:9]  and [Quality] set to [›]. The number 
of pixels will differ according to the motion picture you play  back.
–When the motion picture size is set to [4K] in [Rec Quality]: [ M] (8 M)
–When the motion picture size is set to [FHD], [HD] in [Rec Qual ity]: [S] (2 M)•Still pictures created from a motion picture may be coarser than with normal picture quality.•[ ] is displayed during playback of still pictures created from  motion pictures.
•To create still pictures from motion pictures when the camera is connected to a TV with an 
HDMI micro cable, set [VIERA Link] in [TV Connection] in the [S etup] menu to [OFF].
Not available in these cases:
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Still pictures cannot be created from motion pictures recorded  in [VGA/4M/30p] of [MP4].
3Playback from the beginning
2Back to previous picture
1Ahead to next picture
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Switching the Playback Method
Using the Playback Zoom
Rotate the rear dial right.
1 k 2k 4k 8k 16k
•If the rear dial is rotated to the left after the image is enla rged, 
the magnification will be reduced.
•You can also enlarge/reduce the image by pinching out/
pinching in  (P59) on the part you want to enlarge/reduce.
•When you change the magnification, the zoom position 
indication  A appears for about 1 second.
•The more a picture is enlarged, the more its quality 
deteriorates.
•You can move the enlarged part by pressing  3/4 /2/ 1 of the 
cursor button or dragging the screen.  (P59)
•You can also enlarge (2k) the image by double-touching the 
part you want to enlarge. If you double-touch the enlarged 
image, the magnification is reset to 1 k.
•You can forward or rewind the image while maintaining the 
same zoom magnification and zoom position for the Playback 
Zoom by rotating the front dial during Playback Zoom.
Displaying multiple screens (Multi Playback)
Rotate the rear dial left.
1 screen 12 screens 30 screens Calendar screen 
display
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If the rear dial is rotated to the right, the previous playback  
screen will be displayed.
•It is possible to switch the playback screen by touching the 
following icons.
–[ ]: 1 screen
–[ ]: 12 screens
–[ ]: 30 screens
–[ ]: Calendar screen display
•The screen can be switched gradually by dragging the screen 
up or down.
•Pictures displayed using [ ] cannot be played back.
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•The recording date of the picture selected in the playback screen becomes the date selected 
when the Calendar screen is first displayed.
•You can display the Calendar between January 2000 and December  2099.
•If the date is not set in the camera, the recording date is set as January 1st, 2015.•If you take pictures after setting the travel destination in [World Time], the pictures are 
displayed by the dates at the travel destination in Calendar Pl ayback.
∫To return to Normal Playback
Press  3/4 /2 /1  to select a picture and then press [MENU/SET].
Displaying Pictures by Recording Date (Calendar Playback)
1Rotate the rear dial left to display the Calendar screen.
2Press  3/4 /2 /1  to select the recording date and 
press [MENU/SET].
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Only the images recorded on  that date will be displayed.•Rotate the rear dial left to return to the Calendar screen 
display.
3Press 3/4 /2 /1  to select a picture and then press 
[MENU/SET].
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10. Playing Back and Editing Images
A picture group consists of multiple pictures. You can play back pictures in a group either 
continuously or one by one.
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You can edit or delete all pictures in a group at once.
(For example, if you delete a picture group, all pictures in the group are deleted.)
•Pictures will not be grouped if recorded without setting the cl ock.
Press 3.
•The same operation can be performed by touching the group pictu re icon ([ ], [ ], 
[]).
•When playing back group pictures one at a time, options are displayed.
[From the first picture]:
Pictures are played back continuously from the first picture of  the group.
[From the current picture]:
Pictures are played back continuously from the picture being played back.
∫ Operations during Group Pictures playback
Playing Back Group Pictures
[]:
A picture group consisting of pictures taken in the Burst 
Mode with the burst speed [SH].  (P175)
[]:
A picture group consisting of pictures taken in a Time Lapse 
Shot.  (P197)
[]:
A picture group consisting of pictures taken in the Stop 
Motion Animation.  (P200)
Continuously playing back Group Pictures
3Continuous playback/Pause4St op
2
Fast rewind
1
Fast forward
Rewind
(while pausing)Forward
(while pausing)
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1Press 4.
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The same operation can be performed by touching [ ].
2Press  3/4  to select [Display In Group], and then 
press [MENU/SET].
3Press  2/1  to flip through images.
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Pressing 4 again or touching [ ] and selecting [Exit Display In Group] wil l return you to 
the normal playback screen.
•Each picture in a group can be treated same as normal pictures  when they are played 
back. (Such as Multi Playback, Playback Zoom and deleting images)
Playing back each Group Pictures
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Deleting Pictures
Once deleted, pictures cannot be recovered.
•Pictures that are not in the DCF standard or those that are protected cannot be deleted.
To delete a single picture
1In Playback Mode, select the picture to 
delete and then press [ ].
•The same operation can be performed by touching 
[].
2Press 3 to select [Delete Single] and then 
press [MENU/SET].
•Confirmation screen is displayed.
Picture is deleted by selecting [Yes].
[Delete Confirmation] in the [Playback] menu enables you to set  which option 
on the delete confirmation screen, [Yes] or [No], will be highl ighted first.
The default setting is [No].  (P284)
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¢Picture groups are treated as a single picture.
(All the pictures in the selected picture group will be deleted .)
•Do not turn the camera off while deleting. Use a battery with s ufficient battery power or the AC 
adaptor (optional)  (P355).
•Depending on the number of pictures to be deleted, it may take some time to delete them.
To delete multiple pictures (up to 100¢) or all the pictures
1In Playback Mode, press [ ].
2Press 3/4 to select [Delete Multi] or [Delete All] and then press 
[MENU/SET].
•[Delete All]  > Confirmation screen is displayed.
Pictures are deleted by selecting [Yes].
•It is possible to delete all pictures except the ones set as fa vorite when  [All Delete 
Except Favorite]  is selected with the [Delete All] set.
3(When [Delete Multi] is selected)
Press  3/4/2/ 1 to select the picture, and 
then press [MENU/SET] to set.  (Repeat this 
step.)
•[ ‚ ] appears on the selected pictures.
If [MENU/SET] is pressed again, the setting is canceled.
4(When [Delete Multi] is selected)
Press  2 to select [OK], and then press [MENU/SET] to execute.
•Confirmation screen is displayed.
Pictures are deleted by selecting [Yes].
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