zYou are recommended to use a memory card that has been formatted in your camera to shoot movies (p. 25). The memory card supplied with the camera may be used without further formatting.

zBe careful of the following while recording.

-Do not touch the microphone (Basic Guide p. 1).

-Do not press any buttons other than the shutter button. The sound that buttons make will be recorded in the movie.

-The camera will automatically adjust the exposure and white balance to suit the shooting conditions during recording. Please note, however, that the sounds made by the camera automatically adjusting the exposure may

also be recorded.

zThe focus and optical zoom settings remain fixed for subsequent frames at the values selected for the first frame.

zDo not point the camera at the sun when shooting.

zBefore recording, you can set the AE lock (p. 42) and exposure shift.

1.Press the ISO button.

The exposure will lock (AE lock) and the exposure shift bar will appear in the LCD monitor.

2.Use the or button to adjust the exposure.

Press the ISO button again to release the setting. Also, the setting will be canceled if you press the MENU button or change the white balance, My Colors or shooting

mode settings.

zQuickTime is required to play back movies (Data type: AVI/ Compression method: Motion JPEG) on a computer (Windows 2000 only).

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