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Press the shutter release button fully.

Recording starts. You can continue recording until the recorded movie time reaches 25 minutes.

Saving a still picture during movie recording

•If you press the 4button during movie recording, the frame captured at the moment you pressed the 4 button is recorded as a still picture.

•A still picture is recorded with the default settings made in the [ARec. Mode] (p.213).

•Up to three still pictures can be recorded per each continuous movie recording.

•The recorded still pictures will be saved when the movie recording is stopped.

• Still picture capture with the 4 button is not available in (High Speed

Movie) or c (Time-Lapse Movie) modes, or when the number of recorded

pixels and frame rate settings are set to .

•The angle of view may change, depending on the number of recorded pixels for movies.

•The image may be distorted, depending on recording conditions.

Press the shutter release button fully.

Recording stops.

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•You can use the optical zoom and autofocus functions while recording movies when [Enable Autofocus] (p.117) and [Enable Optical Zoom] (p.117) are set to O(On) in the [C Movie] menu. However, operation noise is recorded in the movie.

•The focus mode can be changed before recording starts.

•When the focus mode is set to \(Manual Focus), you can adjust the focus before recording starts and during recording.

•When the shooting mode is set to C (Movie), Face Detection is automatically set to on. You can select Smile Capture or Face Detection Off before starting recording a movie (p.99). When the Smile Capture function is activated, movie recording starts automatically when the camera recognizes the subject’s smile. However, the Smile Capture function may not work depending on the condition of the recognized faces, and movie recording may not start automatically. If this happens, press the shutter release button to start movie recording.

•You can record a movie using a remote control unit (optional) (p.80).

•When you use the SD Memory Card, use SD Speed Class 4 or higher cards.

•Movies recorded in C mode capture a different area than still pictures.

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