Motion blend

The camera examines a selected burst of pictures to detect moving subjects and overlays them to create a single JPEG image.

  1. Select [Retouch] in the i menu, then highlight [Motion blend] and press the multi selector right.
  2. Select the source slot.
    • Highlight the slot with the card containing the desired pictures and press the multi selector right.
    • You will not be prompted to select the slot if only one memory card is inserted.
  3. Select the pictures.
    • Highlight pictures using the multi selector.
    • To view the highlighted picture zoomed in, hold the zoom control at +.
    • To select the highlighted picture, move the zoom control toward −. Selected pictures are marked with a check (). To remove the check () and deselect the current picture, move the zoom control toward − again.
    • Motion blends can contain between 5 and 20 pictures.
    • Press the center of the multi selector to proceed once selection is complete.
  4. Check the results.
    Check the results of the overlay in the preview display.
    • To return to Step 2 and choose different pictures, tap Z or press the multi selector left.
    • To proceed with the current selection, press the center of the multi selector; a confirmation dialog will be displayed.
  5. Save the overlay.
    Highlight [Yes] in the confirmation dialog and press the center of the multi selector to save the overlay.

Cautions: [Motion blend]

  • The final picture may differ from the preview both in how it looks (including color and brightness) and in how the pictures are combined.
  • Only pictures created with this camera can be selected. Pictures created with other models cannot be selected.
  • [Motion blend] is intended for bursts shot with the camera on a tripod, with a fixed background and moving subjects. The desired results may consequently not be achieved with bursts shot without a tripod.
  • The overlay will include only pictures created with the same options selected for [Image area] > [Choose image area] in the photo shooting menu.
  • The image quality setting for the completed overlay is that of the highest quality picture it contains.
  • Overlays that include NEF (RAW) pictures will be saved at an image quality of [JPEG/HEIF finem].
  • If the overlay will include one or more NEF (RAW) pictures, the dehaze effect is not applied even when an option other than [Off] is selected for [Dehaze] > [Dehaze mode] in the photo shooting menu.
  • All JPEG pictures in the overlay must be the same size.