Add light trails

Light trails such as the flow of car lights or motion of stars are captured.
The camera automatically captures moving subjects at regular intervals, compares each image and composites only their bright areas, and then saves them as one image.

  1. Shooting mode
  2. flexible button 3 ()
  3. Choose a style
  4. use to select
  5. flexible button 4 ()
Flexible buttonDescription
Night scenesUse to capture the flow of car lights against a night landscape background.
  • The camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame.
  • Shots are taken at a shutter speed of 4 seconds. When 50 shots are taken, the camera automatically stops shooting.
  • For every 10 shots taken, one composite image with trails overlapped from the start of shooting is automatically saved.
  • The size of still images is fixed at 1280 × 960 pixels.
Night skyUse to capture the motion of stars.
  • The camera focuses at infinity.
  • Shots are taken at a shutter speed of 25 seconds. When 300 shots are taken, the camera automatically stops shooting.
  • For every 30 shots taken, one composite image with trails overlapped from the start of shooting is automatically saved.
  • The size of still images is fixed at 2048 × 1536 pixels.
  1. Press flexible button 2 or 3 to select the setting.
  2. Start shooting.
    • The screen may turn off during the shooting interval.
  3. To end shooting before it automatically ends, press flexible button 1 ().
    • When you have obtained the desired trails, end shooting. If you continue shooting, details in the composited areas may be lost.

Notes about [Add light trails]

  • Use a sufficiently charged battery to prevent the camera from turning off during shooting.
  • You cannot shoot when a memory card is not inserted.
  • Do not remove the memory card until shooting ends.
  • This function may not be available to use in combination with other functions.
    Functions that cannot be used simultaneously when shooting

Time remaining

You can check the time remaining until shooting automatically ends on the screen.