Optima Batteries P90 manual Recording Movies, Shooting Movies, Changing Movie Settings

Movies

Recording Movies

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

1 Rotate the mode dial to D.

• Exposure count display shows the maximum total length of a movie that can be recorded.

2Press 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 36s time remaining.

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

•Recording stops automatically when the internal memory or memory card becomes full, or recording time reaches 25 minutes.

BShooting Movies

•Exposure compensation (A39) is available. A(autofocus), D (macro close-up), and B (infinity) are available for the focus mode (A36). Flash (A32) can only be used for time-lapse movies. Self- timer and smile timer/blink proof are disabled.

•Flash mode, focus mode and exposure compensation 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. However, digital zoom (up to 2×) can be applied while movies, other than time-lapse movies, are being recorded.

•With the exception of time-lapse movies, the angle of view (field of view) when shooting movies is smaller than when shooting still pictures.

BNote on Recording Movies

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 pictures 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.

DChanging Movie Settings

• Movie options, Autofocus mode and Electronic VR (A82) settings can be changed in the movie menu.

• When Movie options is set to Time-lapse movieP, movies are recorded without sound.

81