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Advanced
Features
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5A counter displayed in the top-right corner of the
LCD monitor during shooting shows the remaining
time.
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If the brightness of the subject changes while you are
shooting a movie, the sound of the lens operating may be
recorded in the movie.
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Some wind noise may be recorded in shots taken outdoors.
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When the remaining time runs out, shooting automatically
ends and the movie is recorded onto the xD-Picture Card.
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If shooting is stopped immediately after it begins, only
approximately 1 second of movie is recorded onto the xD-
Picture Card.
4Press the shutter button down fully to start
shooting.
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The brightness and color of the screen shown during movie
shooting may differ from those shown before shooting begins.
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You do not need to hold down the shutter button.
6Pressing the shutter button during shooting ends
movie shooting and the movie is recorded onto the
xD-Picture Card.
Pressing the shutter button down fully locks the
focus, but the exposure and white balance vary
automatically according to the scene being shot.
rSHOOTING MOVIES
MOVIE MODE
1Set the Mode dial to “r”.
“r” movie mode allows you to shoot movies with
sound.
hSpecifications
Motion JPEG with monaural sound
Quality selection method
%(640 ×480 pixels)
$(320 ×240 pixels)
30 frames per second
2The available shooting time and “œ” are
displayed on the LCD monitor.
3Press the zoom button to zoom in or out before you
start shooting. You must zoom beforehand as you
cannot zoom during shooting.
hFocal length of the optical zoom
(35 mm camera equivalent)
Approx. 35 mm-105 mm
Max. zoom scale: 3×
hShooting distance
Approx. 60 cm (2.0 ft.) to infinity
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Because sound is recorded concurrently with the images,
ensure that you do not cover the microphone with a finger,
etc. (➡P.8).
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Changing the image quality (movie size) setting (➡P.28).
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The available recording time for a video may decrease depending on the amount of free space on the xD-Picture
Card.
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Because a movie is recorded onto the xD-Picture Cardas it is shot, it cannot be recorded correctly if the camera
suddenly loses power (if you open the battery cover or disconnect the AC power adapter).
It may not be possible to playback your movies on other cameras.
Zoom bar
DPC-16 (16 MB)
Image quality
%(30 frames per second)$(30 frames per second)
Approx. 13 sec. Approx. 26 sec.
DPC-32 (32 MB) Approx. 27 sec. Approx. 54 sec.
DPC-64 (64 MB) Approx. 55 sec. Approx. 109 sec.
DPC-128 (128 MB) Approx. 111 sec. Approx. 219 sec.
DPC-256 (256 MB)
DPC-512 (512 MB)
Approx. 223 sec.
Approx. 7.4min.
Approx. 7.3 min.
Approx. 14.6 min.
■Recording Times for xD-Picture Card
✽Available recording times are for xD-Picture Cardformatted in the camera.