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zYou are recommended to use a memory card that has been formatted in your camera to shoot movies (p. 168). 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 (p. 40).

-If you press a button, the sound of the button being pressed will also be recorded.

-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.

zAdjust the zoom before shooting. The zoom factor of the combined optical zoom and digital zoom display on the LCD monitor. When the zoom factor displays in blue, the image will deteriorate.

zOnly in (Standard) mode, the digital zoom can be used during shooting.

zBefore recording, you can set the AE lock and exposure shift. This is effective on ski slopes and the beach when the contrast is too strong between the subject and background or where there are both light and dark areas in the scene and it is desirable to adjust the exposure.

1. Press the 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 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.

zIf you register the function with the button, you can

start shooting a movie simply by pressing the button even if the mode switch is set to (p. 112).

zQuickTime is required to play back movies (Data type: AVI/

Compression method: Motion JPEG) on a computer (Only Windows 2000).

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Canon IXUS 80IS, IXUS82IS manual

IXUS 80IS, IXUS82IS specifications

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