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. To record a movie, use a memory card (Class 6 or higher is recommended).

1Turn 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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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 movies are recorded by setting d1080P/

 

30p for Movie options (i.e., pictures with 16:9 aspect

 

ratio), the aspect ratio of shooting screen will switch to

 

16:9 (the movies are recorded in the area shown in the

 

right side screen). Press the s(display) button and

 

display the movie frame (A9) to check the range of a

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movie in a frame before recording.

 

•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.

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

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