Shooting Using the Mode Dial
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Shoot.
• Pressing the shutter button halfway automatically sets the
exposure, focus and white balance settings.
• Pressing the shutter button fully starts recording video and
sound simultaneously.
• During shooting, the recording time and [
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Rec] appear on the
LCD monitor. The indicator will blink green in
mode.
• Pressing the shutter button fully again stops recording.
Recording will stop automatically under the following
circumstances.
- When the maximum recording time elapses
- When the built-in memory or memory card becomes full
• The elapsed time from the start of recording to the finish will
display on the LCD monitor when playing back a
recording,
but the actual playback time will be shorter than the displayed
time.
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You are recommended to use a memory card that has been
formatted in your camera to shoot movies (p. 69). The card
supplied with the camera may be used without further
formatting.
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Be careful of the following while recording.
- Try not to touch the microphone (p. 42).
- If you press a button, the sound of the button being
pressed will also be recorded.
- The camera will automatically adjust the exposure and
white balance to suit the shooting conditions during a
recording. Please note, however, that the sounds made by
the camera while automatically adjusting the exposure
may also be recorded.
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The focus and optical zoom settings remain fixed for
subsequent frames at the values selected for the first frame.
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