Movies

Recording Movies

To shoot movies with sound recorded via the built-in microphone, select shooting mode and follow the steps below.

1 Enter movie mode by pressing

 

Movie

C in shooting mode, select-

 

 

ing S (use the rotary multi

 

 

selector), and then pressing d.

 

 

Exposure count display shows maximum

 

 

total length of movie that can be

 

 

recorded.

 

 

2 Press the shutter-release button

F

M

all the way down to start record-

 

 

ing.

 

 

A progress bar at the bottom of the monitor

 

 

shows the amount of recording time remain-

 

 

ing.

 

12s

To end recording, press the shutter-release

 

 

button all the way down a second time.

 

 

Recording will automatically stop if the internal memory or memory card becomes

full.

 

Movies

 

 

jRecording Movies

•Flash mode (c 30) and exposure compensation (c 34) can only be used for stop-motion movies. Macro mode (c 33) is available in all modes. Self-timer (c 32) cannot be used.

•Apply optical zoom before beginning movie recording. Optical zoom cannot be applied or adjusted once movie recording begins. Digital zoom cannot be applied before movie recording begins. However, digital zoom (up to 2×) can be applied while movies, other than stop-motion movies, are being recorded.

•The maximum file size for movies is 2 GB.

lChanging Movie Settings

Movie options or auto-focus mode can be changed (c 64).

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