2 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

AF-assist illuminator will fire when the subject is poorly lit.

See p.108 for information on turning the AF-assist illuminator off.

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

CHECK Recording movies

Specifications: Motion JPEG (p.156), Monaural sound

Quality selection method: %(640 × 480 pixels) $(320 × 240 pixels)

Frame rate (p.156): 25 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.

Advanced

If recording is stopped immediately after it begins,

 

 

1 second of the movie is recorded onto the Memory

 

 

Card or internal memory.

Features

• Because a movie is recorded onto the Memory Card or

CAUTION

 

 

internal memory as it is saved, it cannot be recorded

 

correctly if the camera suddenly loses power (if the

Movie

 

 

battery runs out, or the AC power adapter and DC coupler are disconnected).

• A movie file taken by FinePix F50fd may not be playable on other cameras.

• Because sound is recorded concurrently with the images, make sure that you do not cover the microphone with a finger, etc. (p.11).

• Camera operation noises may be recorded during movie shooting.

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

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