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Advanced Features
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5A counter appears in the top-right corner of the
LCD monitor during recording. It shows the
remaining time.
!
If the brightness of the subject changes during movie
recording, the sound of lens operation may be recorded.
!
Some wind noise may be recorded in shots taken outdoors.
!
When the remaining time runs out, recording ends and the
movie is saved onto the xD-Picture Card.
!
If recording is stopped immediately after it begins, 1 second
of movie is recorded onto the xD-Picture Card.
6Press the shutter button during recording.
Recording ends and the movie is stored on the xD-
Picture Card.
4Press the shutter button down fully to start
recording.
!
The brightness and color of the LCD monitor shown during
movie recording may differ from those shown before
recording begins.
!
There is no need to hold down the shutter button.
Pressing the shutter button down fully fixes the
focus, however the exposure is adjusted for the
scene being shot.
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rRECORDING MOVIES

MOVIE MODE
1Set the Mode dial to “r”.
Use “r” Movie mode to record movies with sound.
!
Because sound is recorded concurrently with the images,
make sure that you do not cover the microphone with a
finger, etc. (P.8).
2The available recording time and “`
appear on the LCD monitor.
3Press the Zoom button to zoom in or out before
recording. You must zoom beforehand as you
cannot zoom during recording.
hOptical zoom focal length
(35 mm camera equivalent)
Approx. 28 mm-91 mm
Max. zoom scale: 3.2×
hFocal range
Approx. 60 cm (2.0 ft.) to infinity
Movies up to 60 seconds long (at the “$” setting) or 180 seconds long (at the “#” setting) can
be recorded.
hSpecifications
Motion JPEG with monaural sound
hQuality selection method
$(320 ×240 pixels)
#(160 ×120 pixels)
hFrame rate: 10 frames per second
See P.110 for information on the frame rate.
!
See P.66. for information on changing the quality setting.
!
The available recording time for a movie may decrease
depending on the amount of free space on the xD-
Picture Card.
!
See P.107, 109 for the available recording time with xD-
Picture Cards.
!
You cannot turn the LCD monitor off in this mode.
It may not be possible to playback your movies on other cameras.

Available recording time

Quality Setting
#(10 frames per second)
$(10 frames per second)
189 sec.
94 sec.
6.3 min.
12.7 min.
25.5 min.
51.0 min.
9.7 min.
288 sec.
19.4 min.
39.0 min.
78.1 min.
156.3 min.
Recording times for xD-Picture Card
These figures are the available recording times using a new xD-Picture Card formatted on the camera. The actual
recording times will vary depending on the free space available on the xD-Picture Card.
DPC-16 (16 MB)
DPC-32 (32 MB)
DPC-64 (64 MB)
DPC-128 (128 MB)
DPC-256 (256 MB)
DPC-512 (512 MB)