Recording and Playing Back Movies

Recording Movies

You can record movies by simply pressing the b (e movie-record) button. Color tones, white balance, and other settings are the same as they are when taking still images.

1 Turn on the camera and display the shooting screen.

•The movie options icon indicates the type of movie recorded (A80).

•When recording movies, the angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) is narrower than that of still pictures. When Photo info (A94) is set to Movie frame+auto info, you can confirm the area visible in the frame before recording movies.

* The maximum movie length shown in the illustration differs from the actual value.

Movie option

15m

29m 0s

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970

Maximum movie length*

2 Press the b (e movie-record) button to start movie recording.

• The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame. Focus areas are not displayed during recording.

•See “Focus and Exposure During Movie Recording” (A78) for more information.

• The approximate remaining movie length is displayed on the monitor screen. When a memory card is not inserted, Cis displayed and movie is saved to the internal memory.

•Recording stops automatically when the maximum

movie length has been recorded.

7m23s

 

3 Press the b (e movie-record) button again to end recording.

CAction Control

When you press the V(action) button, movies can be recorded using the action control (A7).

Movies Back Playing and Recording

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