20 EN VIDEO RECORDING & PLAYBACK
Video Recording

 

NOTES:

 

 

 

 

● If the camera is left without any operation during

MODE

 

recording or playback (video, still image or voice)

Zoom Lever

for 5 minutes when using the battery pack, the

 

camera is turned off automatically to conserve

 

 

power. To turn the camera on again, set the power

 

 

switch to OFF, then to

or

. When using the

 

 

AC adapter, the camera enters the sleep mode

 

 

(the access lamp lights and the LCD monitor turns

 

 

off). To cancel the sleep mode, perform any

 

 

operation such as zooming.

 

 

Recording Start/

● When the camera heats up, the 7REC indicator

 

flashes. If the camera continues to heat up,

 

Stop Button

shooting may be stopped to protect the recording

 

 

Lock Button

 

medium. In this case, turn off the camera power,

 

and then wait until the camera cools down.

 

 

 

 

( pg. 55)

 

 

Power Switch

 

● When shooting continuously, shooting is

 

automatically stopped when a file size of 4 GB is

1 Set the power switch to

 

.

reached.

 

 

● If data cannot be recorded or saved properly, the

2 Press MODE to select

.

video files are not saved to the [SD_VIDEO] folder

● The camera is programmed to record videos on

for regular video. Instead, the files are saved to

the medium in the CF slot by the factory-preset.

the [EXTMOV] folder. To play back these files, see

To switch the recording medium, see pages 19, 48

“To play back files in the [EXTMOV] folder”

and 49.

 

( pg. 22).

 

 

● To change the picture quality, see pages 48 and

● There may be differences in the brightness

50.

 

between the recorded video and still image, even

3 Press the recording start/stop button to start

if the same subject is shot.

 

recording.

 

● Video file names are assigned as sequential

● Approximate remaining time

 

hexadecimal numbers.

 

 

[0h56m]

● To turn the operation sounds off, see page 48.

for recording appears on

 

● For approximate recording time, see page 62.

the display.

 

 

 

 

 

4 To stop recording, press

the recording start/stop button again.