MODE MENU
QUALITY
2m00s
8m30s

FRecording Movies

Shoot short movies at 30 frames per second. Sound is recorded via the built-in microphone; do not cover the microphone during recording.

1 Rotate the mode dial to F(movie mode).

12s

Time available

STANDBY

is displayed in

 

monitor

2 Press the F button and select a frame size from the OQUALITY menu

(pg. 66).

Choose

a

(640 × 480

pixels)

for

higher quality or b (320 × 240 pixels) for longer movies. Press MENU/OK to exit to movie mode.

3Press MENU/OK to display SHOOTING MENU

the shooting menu and

SET-UP

DIGITAL

 

MOVIE ZOOM TYPE

OFF

 

 

DIGITAL

select the type of zoom

 

OPTICAL

 

 

available in movie mode

 

 

from the QMOVIE

 

 

ZOOM TYPE menu. Choose 2OPTICAL to enable optical zoom and allow the camera to continue to focus during recording (note that sounds made by the camera may be recorded). Choose 1DIGITAL to enable digital zoom and turn focusing off during recording (note that digital zoom may produce lower quality images than optical zoom). Press MENU/OK exit to movie mode.

1Note

Image quality and movie zoom options are stored when the camera is turned off or another mode is selected, and are restored when the mode dial is rotated to F.

Movies

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