OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

Recording a Movie

You can record high-resolution movies with audio. Movie length is limited only by the amount of memory available for storage. You can select a resolution setting to suit your needs, and a variety of different movie modes provide plenty of movie making versatility.

•File Format: MPEG-4 AVI format

•Maximum Movie Length

—The length of a movie is limited only by the amount of memory available to store it.

•Versatile Movie Recording Modes

— Movie mode

Use this mode for normal movie recording (page 105).

— Short Movie mode

Each press of the shutter button in this mode records a short movie that starts before the button is pressed and ends after the button is pressed (page 106).

— Past Movie mode

This mode uses a 5-second buffer that is continually updated. Pressing the shutter button starts recording from five seconds prior to the point the button is pressed. Use this mode when you want to make sure you do not miss fast-moving action (page 108).

— MOVIE BEST SHOT mode

This mode makes camera setup as easy as selecting the applicable sample scene. Select one of the MOVIE BEST SHOT scenes and the camera automatically configures itself with the setup for that scene (page 110).

NOTE

•You can play movie files on your computer using Windows Media Player 9.

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