Canon PowerShot A4050 IS, User Manual, Page: 59 / 186

Shooting in Smart Auto Mode
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You can shoot movies with camera-determined settings, simply by pressing
the movie button.
Prepare the camera for shooting.
z
Follow steps 1 – 3 on p. 54 to turn the camera
on and set it to
A
mode, and then
compose the shot.
Start shooting.
z
Press the movie button. The camera beeps
once as recording begins, and [
z Rec] is
displayed with the elapsed time.
X
Black bars displayed on the top and bottom
edges of the screen indicate image areas not
recorded.
z
Once recording begins, you can take your
finger off the movie button.
Resize the subject and recompose
the shot as needed.
z
To resize the subject, do the same thing as in
step 3 on p. 54.
However, note that movies shot at zoom
factors shown in blue will be grainy, and the
sound of camera operations will be recorded.
z
When you recompose shots, the focus stays
the same but the brightness and colors will be
automatically adjusted.
Shooting Movies
Movies
Elapsed Time