Olympus PEN-F Instruction Manual

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Shooting automatically with a fi xed interval (i time lapse shooting)

You can set the camera to shoot automatically with a set time lapse. The shot frames can 
also be recorded as into a single movie. This setting is only available in P/A/S/M modes. 

Select [j/

Y/i] in W Shooting Menu 1 and press 

Q.

D

j/

Y/

j

Select [Intrvl. Sh./Time Lapse] and press 

I.

Select [On], press 

I and make the following settings.

Sets the number of frames to be shot.

Sets waiting time before starting to shot.

Sets interval between shots after shooting starts.

Sets recording format of frame sequence. 
[Off]: Records each frame as a still picture.
[On]: Records each frame as a still picture and generates and 
records a single movie from the frame sequence.

[Movie Resolution] : Choose a size for time lapse movies.
[Frame Rate] : Choose a frame rate for time lapse movies.

Shoot.

•  Frames are shot even if the image is not in focus after AF. If you wish to fi x the focus 

position, shoot in MF.

•  [Rec View] operates for 0.5 seconds.
•  If either of the time before shooting, or shooting interval is set to 1 minute 31 seconds 

or longer, the monitor and camera power will turn off after 1 minute. 10 seconds before 
shooting, the power will automatically turn on again. When the monitor is off, press the 
shutter button to turn it on again. 

•  If the AF mode is set to [C-AF] or [C-AF+TR], it is automatically changed to [S-AF].
•  Touch operations are disabled during time lapse shooting.
•  Cannot be used with HDR photography.
•  It is not possible to combine time lapse shooting with bracketing, multiple exposure, and 

bulb, time or composite photography.

• The fl ash will not work if the fl ash charging time is longer than the interval between shots.
•  If the camera automatically turns off in interval between shots, it will turn on in time for the 

next shot.

•  If the any of the still pictures are not recorded correctly, the time lapse movie will not be 

generated.

•  If there is insuffi cient space on the card, the time lapse movie will not be recorded.
•  HDMI output is not available with movies shot with [4K] selected for [Movie Settings] > 

[Movie Resolution].