3 Start recording.

Press the movie-record button to begin recording. A recording indica- tor, the time elapsed, and the time available are displayed while recording is in progress.

 

 

 

AAudio Recording

 

 

 

Be careful not to cover the microphone

 

 

 

and note that the built-in microphone

 

 

 

may record sounds made by the camera

 

 

 

or lens. By default, the camera focuses

 

 

 

continuously; to avoid recording focus

 

 

 

noise, select a focus mode of AF-S(0 144).

 

 

 

The Movie sound options item in the

 

 

 

shooting menu offers sensitivity and

 

 

 

wind noise options for the built-in micro-

 

y

 

phone (0 141).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movie-record button

Recording indicator/ Time elapsed

Time available

4 End recording.

Press the movie-record button again

 

to end recording. Recording will end

 

automatically when the maximum

 

length is reached (0 123), the mem-

 

ory card is full, another mode is

 

selected, the lens is removed, or the

 

camera becomes hot (0 xvi).

Movie-record button

AMaximum Length

HD movies can be up to 4 GB in size and 20 minutes in length (for more information, see page 123); note that depending on memory card write speed, shooting may end before this length is reached (0 168).

AExposure Lock

Exposure will lock while the A (multi selector up) button is pressed (0 125).

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