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Basic Movie Recording and Playback
Basic Movie Recording and Playback
Recording Movies
Recording Movies
The camera can be used to record short high-defi nition movies. Sound is recorded in stereo via the
built-in microphone; do not cover the microphone during recording.
1
Press and hold the movie-record (
Fn1
) button to
start recording.
Recording indicator
Time remaining
2
Press the button again to end recording. Re-
cording ends automatically when the maximum
length is reached or the memory card is full.
R
Sensitivity and frame size and rate can be selected
using the
W
MOVIE SET-UP
option (
P
97). Focus
mode is selected using the focus mode selector
(
P
74); for continuous focus adjustment, select
C
,
or choose
S
and enable Intelligent Face Detection
(
P
93). Intelligent Face Detection is not available in
focus mode
M
.
R
During recording, exposure compensation can be
adjusted by up to ±2 EV.
R
The indicator lamp lights while movies are being
recorded.
Q
The microphone may pick up lens noise and other
sounds made by the camera during recording.
Q
Vertical or horizontal streaks may appear in movies
containing very bright subjects. This is normal and
does not indicate a malfunction.
Depth of Field
Depth of Field
Adjust aperture before recording begins. Choose
low f-numbers to soften background details.
