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O
THER
FUNCTIONS
RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK MOVIES
CHANGING THE QUALITY AND SIZE OF A MOVIE
There are two image quality settings (HQ and SQ) for recording movies.
Note
Image quality settings
1
Select Movie mode and press
the
button.
The monitor shows the Camera menu.
2
Select [PICTURE] using the
/
buttons and press
the
button.
3
Select [
] using the
/
buttons and press the
button.
4
Select [HQ] or [SQ] using the
/
buttons and press the
button.
The image quality setting is now
completed.
Press the
button again to exit the
menu.
5
Record a movie.
Note
• The image quality of still pictures remains the same even
when the quality of movies change.
• The image quality setting of movies retruns to HQ (default
setting) when the clear settings value is [RESET] and the lens
barrier is closed. See “Clear settings” (
p.75).
Recording time (sec.) is reduced.
Max. recording time for one movie: 15 seconds*
1
(320
×
240 pixels*
2
)
Recording time (sec.) is increased.
Max. recording time for one movie: 60 seconds*
1
(160
×
120 pixels*
2
)
SQ
(Standard Quality)
HQ
(High Quality)
*
1
The recording time for a movie varies according to the
remaining card memory.
*
2
The term “pixel” stands for “picture element”.
