IMPORTANT!

NOTE

 

• Take care that you do not

• After transferring an audio snapshot to your computer’s

block the camera’s

hard disk, you can play back the audio using QuickTime 7

microphone with your fingers

(pages 243, 259).

while recording.

• The following shows the formats used for storing audio

• Good recording results are

snapshot data.

not possible when the

– Image Data: JPEG (.JPG extension)

camera is too far away from

– Audio Data: WAVE/ADPCM (.WAV extension)

what you are trying to record.

Microphone

– Approximate Audio File Size: 165 KB (30-second

 

recording at 5.5KB per second)

 

• You cannot turn off the monitor screen by pressing [S]

 

(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 191).

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