Extended functions
36
Shooting modes
Select
3
>
a sound option.
Option
Description
Off
: Record a video without sound.
On
: Record a video with sound.
Zoom Mute
: Record a video without sound while
zooming.
Set other options as desired. (For options, refer to
4
“Shooting options.”)
Press [
5
Shutter
] to start recording.
Press [
6
Shutter
] again to stop recording.
Recording a video
Record videos of up to 20 minutes in length in high definition. The
recorded video is saved as an MP4 (H.264) file.
H.264 (MPEG-4 part10/AVC) is a high-compression video format
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established by international standard organizations ISO-IEC and ITU-T.
The zoom sound may be recorded if you use the zoom while
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recording a video.
Some memory cards may not support high definition recording. In this
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case, set a lower resolution.
Memory cards with slow writing speed will not support high-resolution
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videos and high-speed videos. To record high-resolution or high-
speed videos, use memory cards with fast writing speed.
In Shooting mode, select
1
a
v
.
Select
2
f
a frame rate (the number of frames
per second).
As the number of frames increases, action appears more
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natural, but the file size is increased.
30 FPS
is available only when the video resolution is 320 X 240.
