Turning Optical Zoom On or Off (Optical Zoom)

You can use the following procedure to turn optical zoom (page 50) on or off while “HD/STD” is selected as the movie mode.

1.Set the mode dial to ³ (HD/STD).

2.Press [8].

3.Use [8] and [2] to select the fourth control panel option from the bottom (Optical Zoom).

4.Use [4] and [6] to select the setting you want and then press [SET].

Optical Zoom: On/Record: Off

Enables optical zoom and disables audio recording. Continuous AF is always performed during recording.

Optical Zoom: Off/Record: On

Disables optical zoom and enables audio recording. Continuous AF is never performed during recording. You can readjust focus while recording is in progress by half pressing the shutter button, but doing so will cause noise produced by the lens operation to be picked up in the audio.

• The Ú (Zoom Disabled) icon is displayed while this setting is selected.

NOTE

Optical zoom operation while recording is disabled when “HS” is selected as the movie mode.

Regardless of the above setting, optical zoom operation prior to recording is supported when either “HS” or “HD/STD” is selected as the movie mode.

Optical zoom is disabled when Á (Super Macro) is selected as the focus mode.

The zoom bar is not displayed while movie recording is in progress.

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Recording Movies