The Movie Menu
Movie options and Autofocus mode (A77) settings can be changed in the movie menu. Press the dbutton in movie mode to display the movie menu and use the rotary multi selector to modify and apply settings.
DSelecting Movie Options
Set to D(Movie) Md(Movie menu) MDMovie options
The movie menu offers the options shown below.
Option | Image size and frame rate | |
ITV movie 640 (default setting) | Image size: 640 × 480 pixels | |
Frame rate: 30 frames per second | ||
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SSmall size 320 | Image size: 320 × 240 pixels | |
Frame rate: 30 frames per second | ||
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CMaximum Movie Length
Option | Internal memory | Memory card (512 MB) | |
(approx. 45 MB) | |||
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ITV movie 640 (default setting) | 32 s | Approx. 5 min 30 s | |
SSmall size 320 | 1 min 22 s | Approx. 14 min 20 s |
*All figures are approximate. The maximum recording time may vary with make of memory card. 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. The amount of available recording time is shown in the monitor while recording.
DMore Information
See “File and Folder Names” (A139) for more information.
IAutofocus Mode
Set to D(Movie) Md(Movie menu) MIAutofocus mode
Choose how the camera focuses in movie mode.
Option | Description | |
ASingle AF | Focus is locked when the | |
(default setting) | ||
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Camera focuses continuously. | ||
To prevent sound of camera focusing from interfering with | ||
| recording, use of Single AF is recommended. |
Movies
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