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SHOOTING A MOVIE
•
Yo
u
can perform digital zoom
w
hile shooting a mo
v
ie
b
y
pressing [
]. Optical zoom is not a
v
aila
b
le
w
hile shooting a
mo
v
ie. To
u
se optical zoom for a mo
v
ie,
u
se [
] to zoom as
req
u
ired first and then press [
] to start recording.
•
The effects of camera mo
v
ement in an image
b
ecome more
prono
u
nced
w
hen yo
u
shoot close
u
p or a large zoom factor.
Beca
u
se of this,
u
se of a tripod is recommended
u
nder these
conditions.
•
W
hen the s
ub
ject is o
u
tside the camera’s foc
u
s range,
foc
u
sing is not possi
b
le and the image
w
ill
b
e o
u
t of foc
u
s.
•
A
u
to Foc
u
s and Macro Foc
u
s
b
ecome fixed foc
u
s
w
hile
shooting a mo
v
W
ith Short Mo
v
ie, pressing [
]
w
ill shoot a mo
v
ie that starts a
fe
w
seconds
b
efore [
] is pressed (first part) and ends a fe
w
seconds after it is pressed (second part). Yo
u
can specify ho
w
long (in seconds) yo
u
w
ant the first part and the second part of
the Short Mo
v
ie to
b
e.
•
Since a fe
w
seconds of action
b
efore [
] is pressed are
recorded, Short Mo
v
ie is a good
w
ay to make s
u
re yo
u
don’t
miss the action of kids or other acti
v
e s
ub
jects.
•
Yo
u
can also
u
se MOTION PRINT (page 1
2) to extract still
images of Short Mo
v
ie scenes.
Using Short Movie
[
] button pressed.
Short Movie
Recording Start
Few seconds
Few seconds
B
