Movie Recording and Playback

Recording Movies

To shoot movies with sound recorded via the built-in microphone, select shooting mode and follow the steps below.

1Press the Abutton in shooting mode to display the shooting-mode

selection menu and tap D.

The maximum movie length that can be

recorded is displayed in the monitor

Movie

(A 121). The maximum recording time for a single movie is 29 minutes. The maximum file

size for a single movie is 2 GB, even when there is sufficient free space on the memory card for a larger movie file.

2 Press the shutter-release button all the way down to start recording.

Camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.

When Movie options (A 121) is set to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NHD 720p (default setting), movies are

 

 

10s

 

recorded with the area indicated at right

 

 

with an aspect ratio of 16:9.

 

 

The approximate remaining movie length is displayed.

To end recording, press the shutter-release button all the way down again.

Movie recording can also be initiated or stopped by tapping the monitor.

Recording stops automatically when the maximum movie length has been recorded.

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