OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

— Short Movie

Each press of the shutter button records a short movie that starts before the button is pressed and ends after the button is pressed (page 126).

— Past Movie

This function 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 function when you want to make sure you do not miss fast-moving action (page 129).

NOTE

•Use MOVIE BEST SHOT to select “Short Movie” to use short movie or “Past Movie” to use past movie.

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

•Installing CASIO AVI Importer component on your Macintosh makes it possible to use QuickTime to playback movies recorded with the camera (page 256).

Specifying Movie Image Quality

The image quality setting determines how much the camera compresses movie images before storing them. Image quality is expressed as image size in pixels. A “pixel” is one of the many tiny dots that make up an image. More pixels (a larger image size) provide finer detail and higher image quality when a movie is played back.

Before recording a movie, select the image quality setting that suits your needs.

1.In a REC mode, press [MENU].

2.Use [￿] and [￿] to select the “Quality” tab.

3.Use [￿] and [￿] to select “ Quality” , and then press [￿].

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

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