Recording and Viewing Movies

Recording Movies

Movies can be recorded in live view mode.

1 Rotate the live view switch.

The view through the lens will be displayed in the monitor.

D The 0Icon

 

A 0icon (0 122) indicates that movies can not be recorded.

 

A Before Recording

Live view switch

Set aperture before recording in mode A or M (0 86, 87).

 

2 Focus.

Frame the opening shot and focus as described in Steps 2 and 3 of “Framing Photographs in the Monitor” (0 118; see also “Focusing in Live View” on pages 0 119–121). Note that the number of subjects that can be detected in face-priority AF drops during movie recording.

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 jmodes, exposure can be locked by pressing the A(L) button (0 91) 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 92; note that depending on the brightness of the subject, changes to exposure may have no visible effect).

Movie-record button Recording indicator

Time remaining