6Recording and viewing movies

During live view, use the n(movie) button to record High Definition (HD) movies with sound.g“Shooting” (P. 15)

Recording movies

1 Activate live view.• Press the u button when shooting the pictures using the view finder.
2 Set to the desired shooting mode.

ubutton

• The movie is recorded in a shooting mode when n

 

 

(movie) button is pressed.

 

 

However, it is recorded in P (program shooting) mode when S(shutter priority shooting) has

 

been set.

 

•

[P]:

Optimal aperture is set automatically according to the brightness of the subject. ISO

 

 

sensitivity is set to AUTO.

 

•

[A]:Depiction of background is changed by setting the aperture.

 

ISO sensitivity is set to AUTO.

•[M]: You control both aperture and shutter speed. Select the shutter speed from values between 1/30 s and 1/4000 s.

Sensitivity can be set manually to values between ISO 200 and 1600.•to can be set as a picture mode of P/A/M.3 Press the shutter button halfway to focus.

4 Press the n(movie) button to begin recording. Press the n(movie) button again to end recording.

•Recording audio also begins at the same time. (When [MOVIER] is [ON].)

TIPS

To shoot a still picture during recording a movie:

P

 

 

2:18

j Press the shutter button during recording a movie to pause

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glow

 

red during

 

 

the movie recording and shoot a still picture. After shooting

 

 

 

Recorded

the still picture, movie recording is resumed. In this case three

recording

time

 

 

 

 

 

files are recorded.To adjust focus again during recording a movie:j Press the AEL/AFL button or press the shutter button halfway to perform AF.•The sound made by the lens operating may be recorded.

•By connecting a commercially available microphone to the microphone connector, the lens operation sound recorded can be reduced.

xNotes

•When recording a movie, you cannot change the settings for exposure compensation and aperture value, and shutter speed.

•If [IMAGE STABILIZER] is activated while recording a movie, the recorded image is enlarged slightly. Even if [I.S.2] or [I.S.3] is selected, the setting for [I.S.1] is applied.

•Stabilization is not possible when the camera shake is excessive.

•When using a lens with the image stabilizer function, turn off the image stabilizer function of either the lens or the camera.

•You cannot use [gFACE DETECT] in movie mode.

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