Thanks everyone for replies. I agree the K3 manual is a bit short on detail in many places including this one. I will try the method which has been supplied and let you know how I get on.

I have been trying out Interval shooting on the K3 and have been confused by one item in the settings ie the Start time. There are two possible settings for this either 'NOW' where the first shot of the series takes place immediately OR when a start time can be entered in two boxes. I don't know whether these are intended for Hours & Minutes OR Minutes & Seconds also whether the time is relative to the start or relative to camera's internal clock. The other thing I want to know is how is the sequence started, is it by the OK button after creating the settings. If anyone can help I would very grateful.

Many thanks 'gtis'. As you can see I got there after following your intructions.

How does one get their personal photo into their portfolio and attach to their forum posts. I have uploaded a personal photo in to the gallery but cannot find how to copy it into my portfolio.

Many thanks everyone for replies all of which are very helpful. In particular Ralph for point out about Page 94 in the handbook - it pays to read the small print !!! Anyhow my post seems to have provoked a lot of interest. The range of considerations are very wide when one embarks on video. What with Codecs, containers,framerate,bitrate etc,etc not to mention burning format DVDs,Blu Ray etc it is a bit of a minefield.

Well to give you a little bit of my limited experience I had a K30 before the K3 and shot one short clip on that now I have recored two short clips with the K3 with the settings of FullHD and 30fps which is the default setting on the camera as purchased. I have tried several video editors some of which I have found either too complex or too expensive so I finally purchased Serif MoviePlus X5 for £20 as it is being replaced with X6. I have found this very easy and intuitive to use. I have burned one DVD in PAL widescreen format which plays quite well on my DVD player coupled to the TV and one in AVCHD format which will not play on the player. I have now invested this week in a BLU Ray player coupled to the TV by HDMI cable and this will play both discs but the AVCHD one produces much better quality.

Can anyone explain what the difference is in video settings of FullHD an HD. The K3 Handbook does no give any explanation of what the technical difference between each each with regard to quality.

Many thanks everyone for the very useful information you have supplied. You have confirmed what I thought. 1) That the K3 video is capable of creating HD movies and
2) the HD movie if created in AVCHD format could be burned to DVD and played on a |Blu Ray player.

If I understand correctly the K3 video format uses a .MOV container for a format of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 which I believe should capable of producing HD videos on DVD using a suitable Video Editor software. I would be indebted if anyone could verify my statement and possibly suggest what would be a suitable codec to produce the HD DVD.

Thanks everyone for suggestions. I have looked at all you have recommended and found Windows Movie Maker too simple with not many features, Nero not very appealing and too dear. The one which Gravelrash suggested - Serif MoviePlus X5 I liked, tried the free download version short on features after trying it out so I bought the £20 package and am finding it does all I want for now.

Can anyone recommend easy to use software (preferably free !!) that will code and burn a DVD that will play on a DVD Player wired to a TV from a K3 MOV video. ?