3 Start recording.

Press the movie-record button to begin recording. A recording indica- tor, the time elapsed, and the time available are displayed while recording is in progress.

 

 

 

AAudio Recording

 

 

 

Movie-record button

 

 

 

Be careful not to cover the microphone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and note that the built-in microphone

Recording indicator/

 

 

 

may record sounds made by the camera

Time elapsed

 

 

 

or lens. By default, the camera focuses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

continuously; to avoid recording focus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

noise, select a focus mode of AF-S(0 137).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Movie sound options item in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

y

 

shooting menu offers sensitivity and wind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

noise options for the built-in microphone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0 134).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 End recording.

Press the movie-record button again to end recording. Recording will end automatically when the maximum length is reached (0 116), the memory card is full, another mode is selected, the lens is removed, or the camera becomes hot (0 xvi).

AMaximum Length

HD movies can be up to 4 GB in size and 20 minutes in length (for more information, see page 116); note that depending on memory card write speed, shooting may end before this length is reached (0 160).

AExposure Lock

In exposure modes other than hScene auto selector, exposure will lock while the A(multi selector up) button is pressed (0 118).

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