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Recording Movies
Movies can be recorded at 24fps in live view mode.
1Press the a button.
The mirror is raised and the view through the
lens is displayed in the monitor instead of the
viewfinder.
2Focus.
Frame the opening shot and press the shutter-release button
halfway.
Shooting can not begin until the camera has focused.
Autofocus is not available after recording begins; use manual focus to
focus (060) during recording.
3Start recording.
Press J to start recording (at default settings,
both video and sound are recorded; do not cover
the microphone on the front of the camera
during recording).
A recording indicator and the
time available are displayed in the monitor.
Exposure can be locked by pressing the AE-L/AF-L
button (089) or (in P, S, and A) altered by up to
±3EV in steps of 1/3EV using exposure compensation (090).
4End recording.
Press J again to end recording (to end
recording and take a still picture in the mode
currently selected with the mode dial, press the
shutter-release button all the way down).
Recording will end automatically
when the maximum size is reached or the memory card is full.
DThe 0 Icon
A 0 icon (042) indicates that movies can not be
recorded.
AModes A and M
Set aperture before recording in mode A or M.
AMaximum Size
Each mo vie fil e ca n be up to 2 G B in siz e.
The maximum length is 5min for movies with
a frame size of 1280 × 720, 20 min for other movies; note that depending on memory
card write speed, shooting may end before this length is reached.
a button
Recording indicator
Time remaining