Time available
Movie-record button

3 Start recording.

Press the movie-record button to begin recording. A recording indica- tor, the time elapsed, and the time available are displayed while recording is in progress.

AAudio Recording

Be careful not to cover the microphone

and note that the built-in microphone Recording indicator/ may record sounds made by the camera Time elapsed

or lens. By default, the camera focuses continuously; to avoid recording focus noise, select a focus mode of AF-S(0 52) or use an optional ME-1 external micro-

y phone (0 163). The Movie sound options item in the shooting menu offers

sensitivity and wind noise options for both built-in and external microphones

(0 141).

4 End recording.

Press the movie-record button again to end recording. Recording will end automatically when the maximum length is reached (0 123), the memory card is full, another mode is selected, the lens is removed, or the camera becomes hot (0 xvi ).

AMaximum Length

At default settings, HD movies can be up to 4 GB in size and 20 minutes in length (for more information, see page 123); note that depending on memory card write speed, shooting may end before this length is reached (0 165).

AExposure Lock

In exposure modes other than hScene auto selector, exposure will lock while the A(multi selector up) button is pressed (0 125).

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