The movie-recording drive mode is selected in the basic section of the recording-mode
menu (p. 28). Movie clips up to approximately thirty-five seconds in length with audio
can be recorded. The movie image is 320 X 240 pixels (QVGA) and recorded at a rate
of around 340KB/s. Approximately one 19-second movie clip can be stored on one
8MB memory card.
Shooting digital video is simple. Frame the picture on the LCD monitor. Press and release the shut-
ter-release button to begin recording (1); “Rec” will be displayed during recording.
The camera will continue to record until the recording time is used or the shutter-
release button is pressed again.
When recording, the frame counter will countdown the recording
time. Take care not to cover the microphone while recording.
During recording, focus is locked and the optical zoom is dis-
abled. However, a stepless 2X digital zoom can be used with
the zoom lever.
After recording, a screen will appear indicat-
ing the movie clip is being saved
to the memory card. Never
remove the memory card or dis-
connect the power supply while
the clip is being saved.
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Recording indicator
Remaining recording time
Movie recording
Saving to card.
Stand-by
Recording
Maximum recording
time for the next clip.
