Microphone

Shooting Movies

Do not touch the microphone while shooting.

Do not press any buttons other than the movie button while shooting. The sound the buttons make will be recorded in the movie.

Stop shooting.

Press the movie button again.

XThe camera will beep twice and stop shooting the movie.

XThe movie will record to the memory card.

XShooting will automatically stop when the memory card fills.

Magnifying the subject while shooting

Pressing the zoom lever while shooting will zoom in on or out from the subject. However, operation sounds will be recorded.

When the mode switch is set to A, the icon for the determined scene will appear (p. 163). “When Moving” icons and "With Strong Facial Shadows" icons will not appear, however. Under certain conditions, the icon that appears may not match the actual scene.

If you change the composition while shooting so the optimum white

balance is not possible, press the Movie button to stop recording, then

start recording again. (only when the movie quality is fixed at (p. 101))

Movies can be shot by pressing the movie button even when the mode switch is in positions other than A (p. 97).

When the mode switch is set to E, you can set each setting for shooting movies (p. 97).

Estimated Shooting Times

Memory Card

4 GB

16 GB

Shooting Time

14 min. 34 sec.

59 min. 40 sec.

Shooting times are based on default settings.

Maximum clip length is approx. 10 minutes.

Recording may stop even if the maximum clip length has not been reached on some memory cards. SD Speed Class 6 or higher memory cards are recommended.

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