Playback and Recording Movie

Movie Recording and Playback

Recording Movies

High-definition movies with sound recorded via the built-in microphone can be recorded.

•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 (A131).

•When a memory card is not inserted (i.e., when the internal memory is used), Movie options (A130) is fixed at yVGA (640×480). HD 720p (1280×720) cannot be selected.

1 Turn on the camera and be sure that it is in shooting mode.

Movie recording can be started in any shooting mode (except the draw option) (A41).

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

Recording begins after the monitor turns off briefly.

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

When NHD 720p (1280×720) (default setting) is selected for Movie options (A130), monitor display changes to an aspect ratio of 16:9 with movie recording (the area indicated on the right is recorded).

If the Shooting setting in Monitor settings (A155) in

 

the setup menu is set to View/hide movie frm, a frame

10s

is displayed before recording begins that represents the

 

area that is captured when recording movies.

 

The approximate remaining movie length is displayed during recording.

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

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

BNote on Saving Movies

After a movie has been recorded, it is not fully saved to the internal memory or memory card until monitor display returns to the shooting display. Do not open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover before movies have been fully saved. Removing the memory card while movies are being

128saved could result in loss of data or in damage to the camera or card.