Basics
Taking motion pictures
●●If the surrounding temperature is high, or during a longer recording take, 
may be displayed and recording may be stopped automatically to protect the camera.
●●When using lens’ zoom function while taking motion pictures, it may take some time to focus.
●●Depending on the environment when taking motion pictures, the screen may turn black for an instant or noise may be recorded because of static electricity, electromagnetic fields, etc.
●●The available recording time displayed on the screen may not decrease regularly. ●●If data is repeatedly recorded and deleted, the total available recording time on the memory card may be reduced. To restore the original capacity, use the camera to
format the card. Be sure to save all important data to your computer or other media before formatting, as all data saved to the card will be erased.
●●[Stabilizer] functions regardless of the settings before a motion picture is taken. ●●The following functions are not available:
Extended optical zoom, flash, [Face Recog.], [Rotate Disp.] for pictures taken vertically.
●●For certain memory cards, recording may end while in progress.
●●The aspect ratio may change in motion pictures compared to still pictures. Also, if the aspect ratio is different for still pictures and motion pictures, the angle of view will change when taking a motion picture. The recordable area is displayed by setting [Video Rec Area] (→57) to [ON].
●●If Extended optical zoom is used before pressing the motion picture button, these settings will be cleared, and the aspect ratio will be changed significantly.
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