Samsung PL170, PL171 Using the Movie mode, Press m Select Movie “ Sound Alive Select an option

Shooting modes

Using the Movie mode

In Movie mode, you can record high-definition videos of up to 20 minutes in length. The camera saves recorded videos as MP4 (H.264) files.

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

•Some memory cards may not support high definition recording. In this case, set a lower resolution.

•Memory cards with slow writing speeds will not support high-resolution videos and high-speed videos. To record high-resolution or high-speed videos, use memory cards with faster writing speeds.

1 Rotate the mode dial to v.

2 Press [m].

3 Select Movie “ Frame Rate.

4 Select a frame rate (the number of frames per second).

•As the frame rate increases, action appears more natural, but the file size also increases.

Depending on the resolution and frame rate, the movie may appear smaller than the original size shown on the main display.

5 Press [m].

6 Select Movie “ Sound Alive.

7 Select an option.

Icon Description

Sound Alive On: Turn on the Sound Alive function.

Sound Alive Off: Turn off the Sound Alive function.

Mute: Do not record sounds.

•Do not block the microphone when you use the Sound Alive function.

•Recordings made with Sound Alive may differ from actual sounds.

8 Set desired options. (For a list of options, refer to page 46.) 9 Press [Shutter] to start recording.

10Press [Shutter] again to stop recording.

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