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 record- ing 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 Single AF for Focus mode in the movie menu (0 128). The Movie sound options item in the movie menu offers microphone sensitivity and wind noise options (0 140).

Movie-record button

Recording indicator/Time elapsedTime available y
4 End recording.

Press the movie-record button again to end recording. Recording will end automatically when the maximum length is reached (0 139), the mem- ory card is full, the lens is removed, or the camera becomes hot (0 xvi).

Movie-record button

AMaximum Length

At default settings, HD movies can be up to 4 GB in size and 20 minutes in length (for more information, see page 139); note that depending on memory card write speed, shooting may end before this length is reached (0 165).

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