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Movies
Movie Mode
To shoot movies with sound recorded via the built-in microphone, select
shooting mode and follow the steps below.
1
Enter movie mode by pressing
p
in shooting mode, selecting
S
(press the multi selector
I
),
and then pressing
d
.
Exposure count display shows maximum total length
of movie that can be recorded.
2
Press the shutter-release button fully to
start recording.
A progress bar at the bottom of the monitor shows
the amount of recording time remaining.
Recording will end if the shutter-release button is
pressed all the way down a second time, or when the
internal memory or memory card is full.
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Recording Movies
• The self-timer (
c
30) and flash (
c
28) (except for time-lapse and stop-motion movie) can-
not be used in movie mode.
• Digital zoom (up to 2×) can be applied while movies are being recorded. Adjust zoom
before beginning recording. Once recording begins, optical zoom cannot be adjusted.
• If the camera is pointed at the sun or other bright light source during recording, vertical
comet-like streaks (“smear”) may appear in the movie. Avoid pointing the camera at bright
light sources when filming movies.
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More on Movies
See the information on how movie files are named and stored (
c
110), the maximum total
length of movie that can be recorded at different settings (
c
54), and movie menu default
settings (
c
108).
Movie
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