OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
6.Point the camera at the subject and then press the shutter button.
•This will record a movie of the length specified by the time values you specified in steps 3 and 4. Recording stops automatically.
•To stop recording part way through, press the shutter button again.
IMPORTANT! 
•Note that in the Short Movie Mode, movie data is continually recorded and stored in a buffer before you press the shutter button. Be sure to keep the camera still and pointed in the direction of the subject for some time before you press the shutter button to start recording.
•When a Short Movie Mode record operation starts future part recording, the monitor screen will show a countdown of the remaining recording time. Recording continues until the end of the countdown is reached.
■Movie Recording Precautions
•The flash does not fire in the Movie mode.
•This camera also records audio. Note the following points when recording a movie.
— Take care that you do not block the stereo microphones with your fingers.
— Good recording results are not possible when the camera is too far from the subject.
—Operating camera buttons during recording can cause
button noise to be included in the audio.
—Movie audio is recorded in stereo.
•Very bright light inside of an image can cause a vertical band to appear in the monitor screen image. This is a CCD phenomenon known as “vertical smear”, and does not indicate malfunction of the camera. Note that vertical smear is not recorded with the image in the case of a snapshot, but it is recorded in the case of a movie.
•Certain types of memory cards take longer to record data,
which can cause movie frames to be dropped. 
and 
flash on the monitor screen during recording to let you know when a frame has been dropped.
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