4 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. Except when recording slow- motion movies, the camera focuses con- tinuously; to avoid recording focus noise, select Single AF for Focus mode in the movie menu (0 155).

Movie-record button

Recording indicator/

Time elapsed

y

Time available

5 End recording.

 

Press the movie-record button again

 

to end recording. Recording will end

 

automatically when the maximum

 

length is reached (0 167), the mem-

 

ory card is full, another mode is

 

selected, the lens is removed, or the

Movie-record button

camera becomes hot (0 xvii).

AMaximum Length

The camera can record movies up to 4 GB in size (for more informa- tion, see page 167); note that depending on memory card write speed, shooting may end before this length is reached (0 194).

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