• The recording time will vary according to the capacity of the memory card you use (p. 143).

* Recording will stop after one hour of continuous recording even if the recorded data volume has not reached 4 GB. Depending on the volume and data writing speed of the memory card, recording may stop after one hour of continuous recording even if the recorded data volume has not reached 4 GB.

1 FUNC. Menu* (Standard).

See Menus and Settings (p. 22).

*Default setting.

zUse the or button to select a movie mode and press the FUNC./ SET button.

zIn , or mode, you can change the recording pixels and frame rate (p. 45).

zSee Changing Colors (p. 64) for the procedures for using

and .

zYou can change the shooting interval (p. 46) with selected.

zSince the period over which shooting occurs is long for the mode, you are advised to use a fully charged battery or

an AC adapter.

2 Shoot.

zPressing the shutter button halfway automatically sets the exposure, focus and white balance settings.

zPressing the shutter button fully starts recording video and sound simultaneously.

zDuring shooting the recording time and [zRec] appear on the LCD monitor. The indicator will blink green in mode.

zPressing the shutter button fully again stops recording. Recording will stop automatically under the following circum- stances.

-When the maximum recording time elapses

-When the built-in memory or memory card become full

-The elapsed time from the start of recording to the finish

will display on the LCD monitor when playing back a recording, but the actual playback time will be shorter than the displayed time.

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