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Shooting movies
Mode dial setting:
You can shoot movies.
Before starting
In “MOVING IMAGE” in SET UP, select
“MPEG MOVIE” (pages 55, 97).
a
Turn the Mode dial to
.
b
Press the MENU button.
The menu appears.
c
Select “ ” (Image size) using
b
/
B
, and select the desired
mode using
v
/
V
.
You can choose from 320 (HQX),
320×240, or 160×112.
See page 91 for the recording time
allowed for each screen size.
d
Press the shutter all the way
down.
“RECORDING” appears on the screen
and the camera starts recording the
image.
•
When the capacity of the “Memory Stick”
is used up, recording stops.
•
For details on the recording time for
movies, see page 91.
e
Press the shutter all the way
down again to stop recording.
The message displayed on the
screen while you are shooting
It is not written onto the image.
Each time you press the DISPLAY/LCD
ON/OFF button, the status of the LCD
screen changes as follows: Display OFF
t
LCD OFF
t
Display ON. See page 104
for a detailed description of the indicated
items.
To shoot close-ups (MACRO)
(DSC-P71 only)
Turn the Mode dial to
and follow the
procedure on page 28.
To shoot with a self-timer
Turn the Mode dial to
and follow the
procedure on page 29.
•
You cannot use a flash.
•
You cannot write the date and time on the
image.
Mode dial
Control button
MENU button
DISPLAY/LCD ON/OFF button
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Viewing movies on
the LCD screen
Mode dial setting:
You can view movies on the LCD screen of
the camera.
a
Turn the Mode dial to
.
b
Select the desired movie using
b
/
B
.
Movies are displayed a size smaller
than still images.
c
Press the center
z
.
The movie is played back.
B
(PLAYBACK) appears on the LCD
screen while a movie is playing back.
To stop playback
Press the center
z
.
To rewind / fast-forward
Press
b
/
B
while playing back a movie.
To return to the normal playback, press the
center
z
.
High quality movies
Movies with the image size “320 (HQX)”
appear on the full screen.
Messages displayed on the
screen while movies are being
played back
Each time you press the DISPLAY/LCD
ON/OFF button, the status of the LCD
screen changes as follows: Display OFF
t
LCD OFF
t
Display ON. See page 105
for a detailed description of the indicated
items.
•
The procedure for viewing movies on a TV is
the same as that for viewing still images
(page 38).
PLAY
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10:30
PM
BACK/NEXT
6
/
8
0:00
160
STOP
REWIND/FAST-FORWARD
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10:30
PM
6
/
8
0:02
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Playback bar
