Operating Instructions for advanced features
Contents
Registering Personal Menu Settings
Changing REC Mode
Taking pictures in Custom Mode
Setting Auto Registration
Playing Back Pictures on
Copy the playback image using An AV cable 178
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Insert the battery and the card. P20
Charge the battery. P15
Quick Guide
Turn the camera on to take Pictures
Press Select the picture you want to view
Play back the pictures
Standard Accessories
Playback button P56 MENU/SET button P24
Names of the Components
Press
Card/Battery door P20 DC coupler cover P21
Rotating Pressing
Operating the Rear Dial
Be careful not to lose the lens cap
Attaching the Lens Cap/Shoulder Strap
Lens Cap
Shoulder Strap
Attaching the Lens Hood
Charging
Charging the Battery
About batteries that you can use with this unit
When the Charge indicator flashes
About the Charge indicator
Connect the charger to the electrical outlet
Charge
Charging time
Battery indication
Recording conditions by Cipa standard
Approximate operating time and number of recordable pictures
Avchd Lite
Playback When using the LCD monitor/Viewfinder
Set to SH Set to HD
Approx min ¢
Do not touch the connection terminals of the card
Inserting and Removing the Card optional/the Battery
Connect the DC coupler to the AC adaptor and the camera
Built-in Memory
Following operations can be performed using this unit
About the Built-in Memory/the Card
Sdhc Memory Card 4 GB
Card
To 32 GB
Sdxc Memory Card
Clock is not set when the camera is shipped
Setting Date/Time Clock Set
Turn the camera on
Press MENU/SET
Select Clock SET in the REC or Setup menu, and press 1. P27
Changing the clock setting
Press MENU/SET to set
Time at the home area Time at the travel destination P122
REC Mode menu P124 to Mode Playback Mode menu
Setting the Menu
Motion Picture Mode menu Playback Mode menu P154 to
Setup menu P30 to
Setting menu items
Press MENU/SET to set Press MENU/SET to close the menu
Switching to the Setup menu
Using the quick menu
Travel Setup Location OFF/SET
About the Setup Menu
Shutter VOL
Beep Tone Shutter Tone
… Power LCD
OFF „ Auto Power LCD
Change the display size of some icons and menu screens
STANDARD/LARGE
OFF/ON
REC. Info Pattern
Angle of view for motion picture recording can be checked
Remaining Shots
MF Resume
OFF
Zoom Resume
OFF/2MIN./5MIN./10MIN
Sleep Mode
Auto LCD OFF
OFF/15SEC./30SEC
NO.RESET
Reset the file number of the next recording to
Reset
1SEC 2SEC
PictBridgePTP
USB Mode
Select on Connection
1080i
Auto
720p
480p
Built-in memory or card is formatted
Auto Demo OFF
Set the language displayed on the screen
Stabilizer Demo
Align a desired mode with part a
Switching the mode by rotating the mode dial
Basic Intelligent Auto Mode P44
Program AE Mode P49
Shutter-Priority AE Mode P80
Advanced Aperture-Priority AE Mode P80
Manual Exposure Mode P81
Creative Motion Picture Mode P109
Recording the motion picture
Taking the still picture
Tips for taking good pictures
REC Mode ñ
Taking pictures using the automatic function
When taking pictures using the flash P66
Open the flash when the flash is to be used. P66
Backlight Compensation
Scene Detection
Press Focus
AF Tracking Function
It is possible to set the focus to the specified subject
Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode
Basic
REC Mode ³
Taking pictures with your favorite settings
Compose the picture
Focusing
F G
Direction Detection Function
Preventing jitter camera shake
Example of program shift
Program shift
Rotate the zoom lever towards Wide
Taking Pictures with the Zoom
Rotate the zoom lever towards Tele
Types of zooms
Feature Optical Zoom Extended Optical Zoom EZ
Feature
Extended Optical Zoom mechanism
Digital Zoom cannot be set when õ has been selected
Playing back Pictures Normal Play
Playback Mode ¸
Press Press 2/ 1 to select the picture
Play back the previous picture Play back the next picture
Rotate the zoom lever towards L W
Displaying Multiple Screens Multi Playback
Screen12 screens30 screensCalendar screen display P154
Press MENU/SET
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Using the Playback Zoom
Rotate the zoom lever towards Z T
Press Focus during image playback
Switching the Playback Mode
Enlarge the focus point display focus point
Deleting Pictures
Once deleted, pictures cannot be recovered
To delete a single picture
Select the picture to be deleted, and then press ‚
To delete multiple pictures up to 50 or all the pictures
Press Display to change
Press EVF/LCD to switch the monitor screen
About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder
Advanced Recording pictures
Out-of-frame display
Diopter adjustment
Monitor priority
Recording guide line
Properly Exposed Under Exposed
About the Histogram
Examples of histogram
Switching to the appropriate flash setting
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
Press the flash open button
Press the flash until it clicks
About Digital Red-Eye Correction
Description of settings
AUTO/Red-Eye
Reduction ¢
±¢1 - - ± ¥ ± - ±
Available flash settings by Recording Mode
± - ±
¥ ±
Available flash range to take pictures
Adjust the flash output
Press MENU/SET to close the menu
Available flash range
Flash setting
Shutter speed for each flash setting
Flash setting Shutter speed Sec
Taking Close-up Pictures
Macro Zoom
AF Macro
Focus range
3.28 feet Cm 0.04 feet
Rotate the rear dial
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus
Press 2/1 or rotate the rear dial to focus on the subject
Take the picture
Technique for Manual Focus
MF assistance
Prefocus
One shot AF
Press 2 ë Press 3/4 to select a mode
Taking Pictures with the Self-Timer
Press MENU/SET to finish
Compensating the Exposure
Under exposed Properly exposed
Press the shutter button halfway to finish
With Auto Bracket d1 EV 1st picture 2nd picture
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket
D0 EV J1 EV I1 EV
3rd picture
Settings
Setting the Light Sensitivity
ISO sensitivity 1600
ISO sensitivity
About Intelligent ISO sensitivity control
Aperture-Priority AE
Taking pictures by specifying the aperture/ shutter speed
Take a picture
Shutter-Priority AE
Set the mode dial to ²
Taking picture by setting the exposure manually
Rotate the rear dial to set the aperture and shutter speed
Press the shutter button halfway
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed
Set the mode dial to Press 3/4 to select an item
Taking pictures while adjusting color
Sand
Effect
Readjust the My Color settings
Reset
Adjusting the custom settings to achieve desired effects
Color
Brightness
Taking expressive portraits and landscape
Pictures Advanced Scene Mode
Makes the skin surface appear especially smooth
Portrait
Sports
Focus adjusts onto far away subjects as a priority
Best setting for photographing natural scenery
Flower
CLOSE-UP
Night Portrait
Technique for Night Portrait Mode
You can set to
Illuminations are photographed beautifully
Taking pictures that match the scene being
Set the mode dial to Press 3/4/2/1 to select the Scene Mode
Take the picture
Panorama Assist
Press 3 to select Next and then press MENU/SET
Press 3/4 to select Exit and then press MENU/SET
Technique for Candle Light Mode
Technique for Party Mode
Party
Candle Light
Entering Text on P147
BABY1/ BABY2
Sunset
PET
High Sens
Take pictures
HI-SPEED Burst
Number of recordable pictures
Flash Burst
Panning
Technique for Panning Mode
Technique for Starry Sky Mode
Setting the shutter speed
Starry SKY
Select a shutter speed of 15 SEC., 30 SEC. or 60 SEC
Fireworks
Technique for Fireworks Mode
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Beach
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Snow
Aerial Photo
Recording Motion Picture
Select the mode
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Modes that can be recorded for motion picture
Start recording by pressing the motion picture button
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Face Recog
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Scene Detection
When set to Intelligent Auto Mode
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Recording format Features
Changing REC Mode and REC Quality
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Press 3/4 to select REC Quality and then press
¢1 What is bit rate?
When Avchd Lite is selected in step
When Motion Jpeg is selected in step
¢3 This item cannot be set in the Intelligent Auto Mode
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Recording Motion Picture with Manual Settings
Aperture value Shutter speed Sec
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Aperture value
Shutter speed
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Registering Personal Menu Settings Registering
REC menu/Recording functions Setup menu
Press 3/4 to select the custom settings you want to use
Taking pictures in Custom Mode
Press MENU/SET to enter the settings
When changing the menu settings
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Playback Mode
Taking a picture with Face Recognition function
Point of recording when registering the face images
Face Settings
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Example of faces that are hard to recognize
Registering face image of new person
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Press 3 to select YES and then press MENU/SET
Select item to edit with 3/4, and then press
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Press the shutter button halfway to close the menu
SET
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Setting Auto Registration/Sensitivity
MENU/SET
HIGH/NORMAL/LOW
Add the picture, and then press MENU/SET
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Auto Registration
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For details on the Setup menu settings, refer to P27
Useful Functions at Travel Destinations
Press MENU/SET twice to close the menu Take a picture
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Enter the location
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Canceling the Travel Date
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Select World Time from the Setup menu, and then press
Current time of the destination area
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For details on REC mode menu settings, refer to P27
Using the REC Mode menu
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Aspect Ratio
When the aspect ratio is Y
Applicable modes When the aspect ratio is
When the aspect ratio is W
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Quality
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Sensitivity
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ISO Limit SET
Applicable modes AUTO/200/400/800/1600
White Balance
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Finely adjusting the White Balance
Setting the White Balance manually
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Select White Balance and then press
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Setting the color temperature
White Balance Bracket
1Horizontal a to B 3/4Vertical Gi to Mj
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AF Mode
Face Recog
Applicable modes OFF/ON/MEMORY/SET
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Setting up AF Tracking Bring the subject to the AF tracking
About š Face Detection
Frame, and press AF/AE Lock to lock Subject
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When selecting Ø Press 3/4/2/1 to move the AF area
About AF area selection
Rear dial left Shrink
About
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PRE AF
AF/AE
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AF/AE Lock
Exposure Intelligent exposure adjustment
Metering Mode
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Applicable modes OFF/LOW/STANDARD/HIGH
MIN. Shtr Speed
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250
Darker Brighter
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Resolution
Burst
Applicable modes OFF/˜
Digital Zoom
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Color Effect
Applicable modes Standard Happy¢1 Sepia COOL¢2 WARM¢2
PICT. ADJ
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Applicable modes Contrast
Sharpness
Applicable modes OFF
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Stabilizer
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You can switch the flash setting
AF Assist Lamp
Flash
Flash Synchro
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RED-EYE Removal
Applicable modes 1ST
Conversion
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Clock SET
Refer to P190 for details about attaching the lens
REC Mode
Using the Motion Picture Mode menu
Exposure Mode
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Continuous AF
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Wind CUT
Zoom MIC
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Entering Text
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Playing Back Motion Pictures
Motion pictures
Avchd Lite
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Creating Still Pictures From a Motion Picture
Picture size
Avchd Lite Picture size
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Playing Back Pictures in Sequence Slide Show
Setup
Changing the slide show settings
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Operations performed during slide show
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Selecting Pictures and Playing them Back Mode
Mode Play
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Select Favorite Play on the Playback Mode menu
Category Play
Favorite Play
Calendar
Using the Playback Mode menu
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Multi setting Press Display to set repeat
Title Edit
Select the picture, and then press MENU/SET to set
Video Divide
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Press 3 at the location to divide
Press Press 2 to select YES and then press Menu
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Multi setting
Text Stamp
Press Display to set repeat, and then press MENU/SET to set
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Aspect ratio setting Picture size
Resize Reducing the picture size number of pixels
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Press ‚ to return to the menu screen.¢2
Single
Cropping
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Zoom lever T Enlargement Zoom lever W Reduction 2/1 Move
ReductionEnlargement Move the position
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Minute tilting of the image can be adjusted
Leveling
Clockwise Counter-clockwise
Rotate Disp
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Favorite
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Select the picture, and then press MENU/SET
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Print SET
To print the date
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Protect
When Multi has been selected
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Press 2/1 to select the person and then press MENU/SET
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Face REC Edit
Copy
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Playing back pictures using the AV cable supplied
Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen
Playing back pictures on a TV with an SD Memory Card slot
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Playing back on the TV with Hdmi socket
What is HDMI?
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Preparations Set the Viera Link to ON. P37
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Panasonic TV compatible with Viera Link
SUB Menu
Press Red button during one screen display
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Usable functions
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Automatic input switching
Other linked operations Turning the power off
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Copy the playback image using an AV cable
Saving the recorded still pictures and motion pictures
Install PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5.0 HD Edition to the PC
Copying to a PC using PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5.0 HD Edition
Copy the images to a PC using PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5.0 HD Edition
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PC that can be used
Connecting to a PC
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Press 3/4 to select PC, and then press Menu
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Double-click on Removable Disk in My Computer
Disconnecting the USB connection cable safely
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Press 3/4 to select PictBridgePTP, and then press MENU/SET
Printing the Pictures
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Press 3 to select Print Start and then press MENU/SET
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Selecting a single picture and printing it
Press Press 3/4 to select an item and then press MENU/SET
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Selecting multiple pictures and printing them
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Print Settings
Print with Date
NUM. of Prints
Paper Size
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Layout Layouts for printing that can be set with this unit
When printing different pictures on 1 sheet of paper
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Using the Conversion Lens optional
Attach the lens adapter
Attach the tele conversion lens
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Always set to OFF when the conversion lens is taken off
Select Conversion on the REC menu. P27
Press 3/ 4 to select Then press MENU/SET to set
Attach the filter
Using the Protector/Filter optional
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Recording Recording in Program AE Mode Initial setting
Screen Display
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Recording after settings
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Playback Mode P56 Protected Picture P168 Favorites P165
Playback
Folder/File Number P183 Built-in Memory P22
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About the Lens
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About the LCD monitor/Viewfinder
Bring charged spare batteries when going out
Battery
Dispose of unusable battery
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Do not bend or drop the card
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About the personal information
Disclaimer
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When not using the camera for a long period of time
About the picture data
About tripods or unipods
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Message Display
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This Battery Cannot be Used
No Battery Power Remains
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Folder Cannot be Created
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Troubleshooting
Battery and power source
Recording
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Recorded picture looks rough Noise appears on the picture
Taking pictures using Auto Bracket is not possible
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Lens
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Motion picture recording stops in the middle
Zoom does not operate properly
Flash
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LCD monitor/Viewfinder
Picture is not played back There are no recorded pictures
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Playback
TV, PC and printer
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Picture is not displayed fully on the TV
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Viera Link does not work
Card is not recognized by the PC. Sdxc memory card is used
Others
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Number of recordable pictures
Number of Recordable Pictures and Available Recording Time
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512 MB
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Available recording time when recording motion pictures