Shooting Movies

The recording time may not display properly or filming may stop unexpectedly.

The following types of memory cards are used.

-Slow recording cards.

-Cards formatted on a different camera or a computer.

-Cards which have had images recorded and erased repeatedly.

!Although the recording time may not display properly during shooting, the movie will be recorded correctly on the memory card. Recording time will display properly if you format the memory card in this camera (excluding slow recording memory cards) (p. 30).

“!” displays on the LCD monitor in red and shooting automatically stopped.

There is insufficient free space in the camera’s built- in memory.

!Try the following procedures.

-Format the card with a low level format before filming (p. 30)

-Lower the recording pixels or the frame rate* (p. 41)

* The frame rate can be changed only for PowerShot A540.

-Use a high-speed memory card (SDC-512MSH, etc.)

Zoom does not operate.

Zoom lever was pressed while shooting in movie mode.

!Operate the zoom before shooting in movie mode (Basic Guide p. 8). Note the digital zoom is available while shooting, but only in Standard movie mode.

Troubleshooting

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