Shooting in Smart Auto Mode

Movies

Shooting Movies

You can shoot movies with camera-determined settings, simply by pressing the movie button.

Prepare the camera for shooting.

zFollow steps 1 – 3 on p. 54 to turn the camera on and set it to A mode, and then compose the shot.

Start shooting.

z Press the movie button. The camera beeps once as recording begins, and [zRec] is displayed with the elapsed time.

Elapsed Time

XBlack bars displayed on the top and bottom

edges of the screen indicate image areas not

 

 

recorded.

zOnce recording begins, you can take your finger off the movie button.

Resize the subject and recompose the shot as needed.

z To resize the subject, do the same thing as in step 3 on p. 54.

However, note that movies shot at zoom factors shown in blue will be grainy, and the sound of camera operations will be recorded.

zWhen you recompose shots, the focus stays the same but the brightness and colors will be automatically adjusted.

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