Shooting movies

MODE dial:

You can shoot movies (MPEG movies).

Before operation

Set [MOVING IMAGE] to [MPEG MOVIE] in the SET UP settings (pages 44, 101).

Control button

MODE dial

 

Shutter button

 

MENU

DSPL/LCD ON/OFF

aSet the MODE dial to .

bPress MENU.

The menu appears.

cSelect (IMAGE SIZE) with b/ B, and select the desired mode with v/V.

You can choose from 320 (HQX), 320×240, or 160×112.

See page 95 for the recording time allowed for each image size.

dPress the shutter button fully down.

“REC” appears on the screen and the camera starts recording the image and sound.

60min

160

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REC 00:00:02[00:10:48]

•When the capacity of the “Memory Stick” is used up, recording stops.

ePress the shutter button fully down again to stop recording.

Enjoying movies

Indicators on the screen while you are shooting movies

These indicators are not recorded.

Each time you press DSPL/LCD ON/OFF, the status of the LCD screen changes as follows: Indicators OFF t LCD OFF t Indicators ON. See page 109 for a detailed description of the indicated items.

To shoot close-ups (Macro)

Set the MODE dial to and follow the procedure on page 25.

To shoot with a self-timer

Set the MODE dial to and follow the procedure on page 26.

•Be careful not to touch the microphone (page 8) during shooting.

•You cannot use a flash.

•In MPEG movie, the date and time cannot be inserted.

•You cannot use the smart zoom while shooting movies.

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