Movies

Movies

Recording Movies

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

1 Display the shooting-mode selection menu by pressing the A button in shooting mode, use the rotary multi selector to select D, and then press the kbutton.

• The amount of available recording time is

Movie

shown in the monitor (A77). Regardless

 

of the remaining memory on the memory card, the maximum size of a single movie is 2 GB, and the maximum length of a single movie is 25 minutes.

2 Press the shutter-release button all the way down to start recording.

• Camera focuses on the subject in center of the frame.

• A progress bar at the bottom of the

 

monitor shows the amount of recording

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time remaining.

 

•To end recording, press the shutter-release button all the way down again.

•Recording stops automatically when the available recording time runs out.

BShooting Movies

•Macro mode (A35) is enabled. Flash (A32), self-timer (A34), and exposure compensation (A36) are disabled.

•Macro mode settings cannot be applied or changed while movies are being recorded. Apply or change settings as necessary before movie recording begins.

•Optical zoom cannot be adjusted once movie recording begins. Digital zoom cannot be applied before movie recording begins, but up to 2× digital zoom can be applied while movies are being recorded.

BNote on Recording Movies

When the movie has been fully recorded to the internal memory or memory card, the monitor display will revert to the normal shooting mode display. Do not open the battery-chamber/ memory card slot cover while movies are being recorded. Turning the camera off or removing

the memory card while movies are being recorded could result in loss of data or in damage to the camera or card.

CChanging Movie Settings

76Movie options and Autofocus mode settings can be changed in the movie menu (A77).