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

Available recording times

Quality
#(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)
1Set the Mode switch to “r”.
2The available recording time and “`”
appear on the LCD monitor.
Zoom bar
3Press “[(a)” or “](b)” 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. 38 mm-130 mm
Max. zoom scale: 3.4×
hFocal range
Approx. 60 cm (2.0 ft.) to infinity

rRECORDING MOVIES

MOVIE MODE
Movies up to 60 seconds long (at the “$” setting) or 180 seconds long (at the “#” setting) can
be recorded.
hSpecifications
Motion JPEG with sound
hQuality selection method
$(320 ×240 pixels)
#(160 ×120 pixels)
hFrame rate:10 frames per second
See P.95 for information on the frame rate.
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See P.56 for information on changing the quality setting.
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The available recording time for a movie may decrease
depending on the amount of free space on the xD-
Picture Card.
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You cannot turn the LCD monitor off in this mode.
It may not be possible to playback your movies on other cameras.
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Because sound is recorded concurrently with the images,
make sure that you do not cover the microphone with a
finger, etc. (➡P.8).