Recording a video

Record videos of up to 20 minutes in length in high definition. The recorded video is saved as an H.264 (MPEG-4.AVC) file.

￿￿H.264 (MPEG-4 part10/AVC) is a high-compression video format established by international standard organizations ISO/IEC and ITU-T.

￿￿Some memory cards may not support high definition recording. In this case, set a lower resolution. (p. 44)

￿￿When the Optical Image Stabilization ( ) is activated, your video may be recorded with the OIS operation sound.

￿￿The zoom sound may be recorded if you use the zoom while recording a video.

1 Rotate the mode dial to v.

2 Press [m].

3 Select Movie ￿ Frame Rate ￿￿a frame rate (the number of frames per second).

￿￿As the number of frames increases, action appears more natural, but the file size is increased.

60 FPS is available only when the video resolution is 320 x 240.

5 Select Movie ￿ Voice ￿￿a sound option.

Option Description

Off: Record a video without sound.

On: Record a video with sound.

Zoom Mute : Record a video without sound while zooming.

6 Set other options as desired.(For options, refer to “Shooting options.”)7 Press [Shutter] to start recording.8 Press [Shutter] again to stop recording.

To pause recording

The camera allows you to pause temporarily while recording a video. With this function, you can record your favorite scenes as a single video.

Press [o] to pause while recording. Press it again to resume.

4 Press [m].

 

 

How to use Video shooting button

By pressing the movie recording button in the shooting mode, you can directly start recording movies. To disable the movie recording function, press the movie recording button one more time.

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