How to record with Stop Motion Animation. - LUMIX S-Series
Applicable Recording modes
Applicable Shooting modes
Take pictures while moving the subject little by little. The pictures taken will be saved as a set of group images that can be combined into a stop motion video.
- Set the drive mode dial to [Time Lapse].
- [Menu/Set] → [ Still Shooting] → [ Still Shooting Settings] → [Time Lapse/Animation] → [Mode] → [Stop Motion Animation]
- Set the recording settings
Time Lapse/Animation Mode Settings [Mode] Switches between Time Lapse Shot and Stop Motion Animation. [Add to Picture Group] Allows you to continue recording for a set of stop motion images that have already been recorded. - Select an image and proceed to Step 5.
[Auto Shooting] On Takes pictures automatically at a set recording interval Off This is for taking pictures manually, frame by frame. [Shooting Interval] Sets the recording interval for [Auto Shooting]. - Press the shutter button have way to close the menu.
- Start recording.
- Press the shutter button fully.
- Take pictures repeatedly while moving the subject little by little.
- The recording screen displays up to two pictures taken previously. Use them as reference for the amount of movement.
- You can play back the recorded stop motion images by pressing [Playback icon] during recording. Press[Delete icon] to delete unnecessary images. To return to the recording screen, press [Playback icon] again.
- Stop recording.
- Press [Menu/Set] and then select [Time Lapse/Animation] from the photo menu to stop recording.
- Create a video.
- After the recording has stopped, select yes on the confirmation screen to proceed to create a video. Even if you select no, you can still create a video with [Stop Motion Video] in the playback [Process Image) menu.
Note:
- Group images containing pictures taken with [HLG Photo] cannot be converted to videos.
- Up to 9999 frames can be recorded.
- If the camera is turned off while recording, a message for resuming the recording is displayed when it is turned on. Selecting yes allows you to continue the recording from the interruption point.
- The camera gives priority to achieving the correct exposure, so it may not take pictures at the set interval when the flash, etc. is used for recording.
- A picture cannot be selected from [Add to Picture Group] when it is the only one that was taken.
- Stop Motion Animation is not available when using the
following functions:
- [High-Resolution Mode]
- [Post-Focus]
- [Multiple Exposure]