Playing Back Snapshot Audio

Audio snapshots in the PLAY mode are indicated by the “ ” icon.

Press [SET] while an audio snapshot is displayed to play back its audio.

For information about the playback operation, see page 152.

IMPORTANT!

Take care that you do not block the camera’s microphone with your fingers while recording.

Good recording results are

not possible when the camera is too far away from what you are trying to record.

Microphone

NOTE

After transferring an audio snapshot to your computer’s hard disk, you can play back the audio using QuickTime (pages 234, 251).

The following shows the formats used for storing audio snapshot data.

Image Data: JPEG (.JPG extension)

Audio Data: WAVE/ADPCM (.WAV extension)

Approximate Audio File Size: 165 KB (30-second recording at 5.5 KB per second)

You cannot turn off the monitor screen by pressing [DISP] while audio recording is in progress.

Audio snapshot capabilities are disabled while shooting

with the Triple Self-timer or with a continuous shutter mode. You can, however, add audio to such a snapshot after you record it (page 184).

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