❚❚Movie Settings

Use the Movie settings option in the shooting menu to choose movie quality, sound, destination, and manual movie settings options.

•Movie quality: Choose from frame sizes of q1920 × 1080, a1280 × 720, and b640 × 424 and from ★ high and normal quality. The frame rate depends on the option currently selected for Video mode in the setup menu (0 237):

 

 

 

 

 

NTSC

 

 

PAL

 

 

Frame size (pixels)

Frame rate

 

Maximum length

Frame rate

 

Maximum length

 

 

1920

× 1080

24 fps *

 

 

24 fps *

 

 

 

1280

×

720

Choose from 24 *

 

20 min.

Choose from 24

*

20 min.

 

and 30 fps †

 

and 25 fps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

640

×

424

30 fps †

 

 

25 fps

 

 

y

 

 

 

 

* Listed value. Actual rate is 23.976 fps.

† Listed value. Actual rate is 29.97 fps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•Microphone: Turn the built-in or external microphone on or off or to adjust microphone sensitivity. Selecting Microphone off turns sound recording off; selecting any other option turns recording on and sets the microphone to the selected sensitivity.

•Destination: To record movies to the memory card in Slot 1, select Slot 1. Select Slot 2 to record movies to the card in Slot 2. The menu shows the time available on each card; recording ends automatically when no time remains.

•Manual movie settings: Choose On to allow manual adjustments to shutter speed and ISO sensitivity when the camera is in mode M. Shutter speed can be chosen from values between 1/8,000 s and 1/30 s, ISO sensitivity from values between ISO 100 and Hi 2 (0 101). Note that ISO sensitivity is fixed at the value selected; the camera does not adjust ISO sensitivity automatically when On is selected for ISO sensitivity settings > Auto ISO sensitivity control in the shooting menu

(0 103). Exposure compensation is not available.

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