RECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION

DRIVE MODES

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Microphone

MOVIE RECORDING

This camera can record digital video with sound. Simply slide the mode switch to the movie/audio recording position (1). The frame counter shows the total recording time for the next movie clip. Total recording time varies with the frame rate, see page 53. Some changes can be made with the movie menu (p. 40).

Place the subject in the focus frames and press the shutter-release button partway down to lock focus (2). Press the shutter-release button all the way down and release to begin recording (3).

A digital zoom is available during recording. The camera continues to record until the recording time is used or the shutter-release button is pressed again.

When recording, the frame counter displays the remaining time. During the last ten seconds, the counter turns red.

Take care not to cover the microphone while recording.

 

The drive modes control the rate and method images

 

are captured. Indicators indicating the selected drive

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mode appear on the monitor. If auto reset (p. 45) is

active, the drive mode is reset to single-frame advance

 

when the camera is turned off.
Press the down key of the controller to select the drive mode (1).

Single-frame advance - to take a single image each time the shutter-release button is pressed. This is the camera’s default setting.

Self-timer - to delay the release of the shutter (p. 38). Used for self-portraits.

Continuous advance - to take up to four images when the shutter-release button is pressed and held (p. 39).

Multi Frame - to create a composite image of a nine-frame series when the shutter- release button is pressed once, see below.

Multi Frame

Take the picture as described in the basic recording operation section (p. 24). Once the series starts, the shutter button can be

Image size
Frame rate

Internal-memory indicator (p. 19)

Recording indicator
Remaining time

released; the camera continues recording until all nine frames have been captured.

Flash cannot be used. Because of the limits to the shutter speeds, images may be underexposed in low-light conditions. Image size refers to the total area of all nine images, not the size of each individual thumbnail.

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