Recording and Playing Back Movies

Recording Movies

You can record movies by simply pressing the b(emovie-record) button. Color tones, white balance, and other settings are the same as they are when taking still images.

Only a short movie can be recorded in the internal memory. Use a memory card (Class 6 or higher is recommended).

1 Turn on the camera and display the shooting screen.

The movie options icon indicates the type of movie recorded (A96).

* The maximum movie length shown in the illustration differs from the actual value.

Movie option

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1/250

F5.6

840

Maximum movie length*

Movies Back Playing and Recording

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

The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame. Focus areas are not displayed during recording.

See “Focus and Exposure During Movie Recording” (A93) for more information.

See “Pausing Movie Recording” (A93) for more information.

When recording with the movie options of the aspect

 

ratio of 16:9 (e.g., Movie options is d1080P/

 

30p), monitor display changes to an aspect ratio of 16:9

 

(the movie is recorded in the range shown in the screen

 

on the right). When Photo info (A103) is set to

 

Movie frame+auto info, you can confirm the area

7m23s

visible in the frame before recording movies.

 

The approximate remaining movie length is displayed

on the monitor screen. When a memory card is not inserted, Cis displayed and movie is saved to the internal memory.

Recording stops automatically when the maximum movie length has been recorded.

3 Press the b(emovie-record) button again to end recording.

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