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Basic Operations
• Movie shooting can continue until the memory card is full.
• For more information on the number of seconds of movie shooting that are available for each
image size, see the “Accessories and Specifications” provided separately.
• If you do not press the shutter release button half way, shooting continues until the
memory card is full.
3Press the shutter release button half
way to set the exposure and focus
for the subject.
• During movie shooting, the exposure is adjusted
according to the ambient conditions, but the focus does
not change. The movie is shot using the focus set just
before shooting started.
4When you press the shutter release
button down further, the camera
makes a clicking sound and
shooting begins.
Pressing the shutter release button displays the
seconds counter. The red shooting mark “B” also
lights during movie shooting.
The table below shows the number of seconds that can be shot for each image size
when a 16MB memory card is used to record a movie with sound.
(Frame rate: 30 fps; new or formatted memory card used)
5Press the shutter release button half way to finish shooting.
“Beep”
“Click”
Image Size Seconds Counter
640 ✕ 480 0 to 6 (sec.)
320 ✕ 240 0 to 26 (sec.)
160 ✕ 120 0 to 104 (sec.)
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