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Movie Recording and Playback
Recording Movies
You can use the camera to record movies with sound.
The maximum file size for a single movie is 4 GB and the maximum movie length
for a single movie is 29 minutes, even when there is sufficient free space on the
memory card for longer recording (
A
77).
1
Turn the camera on and display the shooting
mode screen.
•
Movies can be recorded in any shooting mode
(
A
34).
•
The current movie options setting is displayed. The
default setting is
HD720p (1280×720)
(
A
77).
2
Lower the built-in flash (
A
6)
Recording movies while the built-in flash is raised may cause the audio to be muffled.
3
Press the
b
(movie-record) button to
start recording.
•
Recording begins after the monitor turns off
briefly.
•
The camera focuses on the subject in the
center of the frame. The focus area is not
displayed while recording movies.
•
When
Movie options
is set to
x
HD720p
(1280×720)
, the aspect ratio is 16:9 and the movie is
recorded as shown on the right.
•
Digital zoom cannot be used while recording movies. If
digital zoom is used before recording, it will be
canceled when recording starts.
•
The progress bar displayed at the bottom of the
monitor during recording indicates the amount of
recording time remaining. If recording time runs out, recording stops automatically.
4
Press the
b
(movie-record) button to stop
recording.
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Movie options
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