Movie Recording and Playback

Recording Movies

You can use the camera to record movies with sound.

The maximum file size for a single movie is 4 GB and the maximum movie length for a single movie is 29 minutes, even when there is sufficient free space on the memory card for longer recording (A77).

1Turn the camera on and display the shooting mode screen.

•Movies can be recorded in any shooting mode (A34).

•The current movie options setting is displayed. The default setting is HD720p (1280×720) (A77).

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Movie options

2Lower the built-in flash (A6)

Recording movies while the built-in flash is raised may cause the audio to be muffled.

3 Press the b(movie-record) button to start recording.

• Recording begins after the monitor turns off briefly.

• The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame. The focus area is not displayed while recording movies.

• When Movie options is set to xHD720p (1280×720), the aspect ratio is 16:9 and the movie is recorded as shown on the right.

• Digital zoom cannot be used while recording movies. If digital zoom is used before recording, it will be canceled when recording starts.

Playback and Recording Movie

• The progress bar displayed at the bottom of the monitor during recording indicates the amount of

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recording time remaining. If recording time runs out, recording stops automatically.

4Press the b(movie-record) button to stop recording.

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