OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

1. Enter the REC Mode,

Remaining recording time

and select “

 

 

Movie” as the

 

 

recording mode (page

 

 

53).

 

 

•This enters the Movie

Mode and causes “” to appear on the monitor screen.

Recording time

•You can use the key

customization feature (page 106) to configure the

camera to enter the Movie Mode whenever you press [] or [] while in the REC mode.

2. Point the camera at

Movie recording indicator

the subject and then

 

 

press the shutter

 

 

button.

 

 

•Movie recording continues as long as remaining memory capacity allows, or until you stop it by pressing the shutter button again.

•The remaining recording time counts down and the elapsed recording time counts up on the monitor screen as you record.

•Starting a movie record operation causes optical zoom to be disabled. Only digital zoom is available while a movie record operation is in progress. If you want to use optical zoom to record a movie, perform the zoom operation before starting the record operation.

3.When movie recording is complete, the movie file is stored in file memory.

IMPORTANT!

•The flash does not fire in the Movie mode.

•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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