Recording Movies
Movies can be recorded at 24 fps in live view mode.
1 Press the a button.
The mirror is raised and the view through the lens is displayed in the monitor instead of the viewfinder.
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AModes A and M
Set aperture before recording in mode A or M.
y 2 Focus.Frame the opening shot and press the
3 Start recording. | Recording indicator | |
Press J to start recording (at default settings, |
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both video and sound are recorded; do not cover |
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the microphone on the front of the camera |
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during recording). A recording indicator and the |
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time available are displayed in the monitor. |
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Exposure can be locked by pressing the |
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button (0 89) or (in P, S, and A) altered by up to |
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±3 EV in steps of 1/3 EV using exposure compensation (0 90).
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
AMaximum Size
Each movie file can be up to 2 GB in size. The maximum length is 5 min 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.
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