3Start recording.

Press the movie-record button to start recording. A recording indicator and the time available are displayed in the monitor. Except in i and j modes, exposure can be locked by pressing the A (L) button (0 116) or (in modes P, S, A, and %) altered by up to ±3 EV in steps of 1/3 EV by pressing the E (N) button and rotating the command dial (0 119; note that depending on the brightness of the subject, changes to exposure may have no visible effect).

Movie-record button Recording indicator

Time remaining

4End recording.

Press the movie-record button again to end recording. Recording will end automatically when the maximum length is reached, the memory card is full, or another mode is selected.

ATaking Photographs During Movie Recording

To end movie recording, take a photograph, and exit to live view, press the shutter-release button all the way down and hold it in this position until the shutter is released.

AMaximum Length

The maximum length for individual movie files is 4 GB (for maximum recording times, see page 158); note that depending on memory card write speed, shooting may end before this length is reached (0 310).

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