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5
Advanced Shooting T
echniques
How to take movie pictures:
1
Decide on the composition
by viewing the monitor or
viewfinder.
2
Full-press the shutter release
button to start shooting, and
then release the button.
• The camera starts shooting
when the button is pressed.
The memory gauge and
remaining second count
appear; the gauge begins to
rise and the count begins to
fall.
• Release the button carefully,
while continuing to shoot.
Memory gauge
• The gauge level rises as you
continue to shoot. If you
continue shooting for the
maximum continuous movie
length (see chart on the next
page), the level reaches the
top and the camera stops
shooting.
Remaining second count
• This is the remaining shooting time on the card. When it reaches
to 0, shooting automatically stops.
3
Full-press the shutter release button again.
• When shooting stops, the green lamp next to the viewfinder blinks
to indicate the images are being written to the card.
4
After the green lamp goes off, continue shooting by repeating
steps 2 and 3.
5
Press the menu button.
• Returns to the shooting menu.
You can check a movie picture you have shot by playing it back on the
monitor (p.104).
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Monitor
(When the movie shooting
automatically stops)
Remaining
second count
Memory gauge
Green lamp
Viewfinder
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Taking Movie Pictures
(Shooting Movies)
In addition to still pictures, this camera has the capacity to take movie
pictures (15 frames/second). Take advantage of this feature to capture
your subjects in motion.
For details about how to use the menu, see “Using the Shooting
Menu” (p.74).
Item to select in the shooting menu:
“Shooting movies” is a setting in “Function Shooting”.
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Monitor
The movie mark is displayed
If you switch off the monitor, the camera
returns to the still picture mode and you
cannot shoot movie pictures. Do not
press the monitor button.
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2 / 2
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[
NORMAL
]
[
NAME RESET
]
[
RESET
]
[
ON
]
FILE
ENTER
END
Go to
(Function Shooting)
:
Allows you to take movie pictures.
:
(This is a separate function.
For details, see p.91.)
OK
ENTER
BACK
Settings:
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