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Recording Movies

Focus and Exposure During Movie Recording

•The focus can be adjusted during movie recording in the following manner in accordance with the Autofocus mode (A80) setting of the movie menu.

-ASingle AF (default setting): The focus is locked when b(emovie- record) button is pressed to start movie recording.

-BFull-time AF: The focus is adjusted repeatedly even during movie recording.

•Autofocus may not perform as expected (A64). Should this occur, try to set

Autofocus mode in the movie menu to ASingle AF (default setting) and then use focus lock (A63) to record.

BNotes on Using Zoom During Movie Recording

•The zoom indicator is not displayed during movie recording.

•When the digital zoom is used, the image quality will deteriorate.

•If you start recording a movie without using digital zoom, and you keep operating the zoom control toward g(i), the zoom stops at the maximum optical zoom ratio. Remove your finger from the zoom control and then operate it again toward g(i) to activate digital zoom. When movie recording ends, digital zoom is cancelled.

BNote on Recording Images and Saving Movies

The indicator showing the number of exposures remaining or the indicator showing the maximum movie length flashes while images are being recorded or while a movie is being saved. Do not open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover or remove the battery or memory card while an indicator is flashing. Doing this could result in loss of data, or in damage to the camera or the memory card.

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