Record movies

REC 12s

Fully pressed

Press the shutter button down fully to start recording. During recording, [lREC] and a counter that shows the remaining time appear on the LCD monitor.

Recording ends when pressing the shutter button down halfway during recording or the remaining time runs out.

Halfway pressed

MEMO

There is no need to hold down the shutter button during recording.

CHECK Recording movies

•Specifications: Motion JPEG (➝p.124). Monaural sound

•Quality selection method: $(320 × 240 pixels)

•Frame rate (➝p.124): 30 frames per second (fixed)

MEMO

•The brightness and color of the LCD monitor shown during movie recording may differ from those shown before recording begins.

•Pressing the shutter button down fully fixes the focus, however the exposure and white balance are adjusted to the scene being shot.

•If recording is stopped immediately after it begins,

1 second of the movie is recorded onto the Memory Card or internal memory.

•See p.122 for information on recording times per Memory Card or internal memory.

CAUTION

• Because a movie is recorded onto the Memory Card or

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internal memory as it is saved, it cannot be recorded

 

correctly if the camera suddenly loses power (if the

 

batteries run out or the AC power adapter is

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disconnected).

 

• A movie file taken by FinePix F480 / FinePix F485 may

 

not be playable on other cameras.

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• Because sound is recorded concurrently with the

Movie

images, make sure that you do not cover the

microphone with a finger, etc. (➝p.10).

• Camera operation noises may be recorded during

 

movie shooting.

 

• If you shoot using the xD-Picture Cards with model

 

numbers containing “M” such as DPC-M1GB, movie

 

recording time may be reduced if you repeatedly record

 

and erase (frame erase) image files.

 

In such a case, erase all frames or format the

 

xD-Picture Card before use. Back up important frames

 

(files) onto your PC or another media.

 

• The size of a movie file can be up to 2GB.

 

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