Advanced (Recording pictures)

[REC] mode: n

Motion Picture Mode

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Slide the [REC]/[PLAYBACK] selector switch to [!].

Set the mode dial to [n].

Press the shutter button halfway to focus and then press it fully to start recording.

AAudio recording

The available recording time B is displayed on the top right and the elapsed recording time C is displayed on the bottom right of the screen.

After pressing the shutter button fully, release it straight away. If the button is held down, the sound will not be recorded for a few seconds when recording starts.

When the subject is focused, the focus indication lights.

The focus and zoom are fixed to the setting when recording starts (the first frame).

The audio is also recorded simultaneously from the built-in microphone on this unit. (Motion pictures cannot be recorded without audio.)

4 Press the shutter button fully to stop recording.

If the built-in memory or the card becomes full in the middle of recording, the camera stops recording automatically.

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Panasonic DMC-FX38 operating instructions Motion Picture Mode, Press the shutter button fully to stop recording, REC mode n