Shooting Movies

The camera can automatically select all settings so that you can shoot movies just by pressing the movie button. The audio will record in stereo.

If you continue shooting for a long time, the camera may become warm. This is not a malfunction.

Set the mode dial to E.

Movies can be shot by pressing the movie button even when the mode dial is in positions other than E (p. 107).

Shooting Time

Compose the shot.

Moving the zoom lever toward i will

 

zoom in on your subject, making it appear

 

larger. Moving the lever toward j will

 

zoom out from your subject, making it

 

appear smaller.

 

Shoot.

 

Press the movie button.

 

X The camera will beep once, the movie will

 

start shooting, and [ Rec] and the

Elapsed Time

elapsed time will appear on the screen.

 

Once shooting begins, take your finger off

 

the movie button.

 

If you change the composition of your shot

 

during shooting, the focus, brightness and

 

tone will automatically adjust.

You can also zoom in and out with the zoom lever during shooting.

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Canon SX20 IS manual Shooting Movies, Set the mode dial to E