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Basic Movie Recording and Playback
Basic Movie Recording and Playback
Recording Movies
The camera can be used to record short high-de nition movies. Sound is recorded in stereo via the
built-in microphone; do not cover the microphone during recording.
1
Press t to start recording.
Recording indicator
Time remaining
2
To end recording, press the t button again.
Recording ends automatically when the mov-
ie reaches maximum length or memory is full.
R Zoom can be adjusted while recording is in progress.
R Sensitivity and frame size and rate can be selected
using the W MOVIE SET-UP option(P 90). Focus
mode is selected using the focus mode selector
(P 55); for continuous focus adjustment, select C,
or choose S and enable Intelligent Face Detection
(P 86). Intelligent Face Detection is not available in
focus mode M.
R During recording, exposure compensation can be
adjusted by up to ±2EV.
R The indicator lamp lights while movies are being
recorded.
R Touch zoom (P 30) is not available during movie re-
cording.
R The area recorded when ON is selected for W DIGI-
TAL IMAGE STABILIZER is smaller than that shown
in the monitor (P 91).
R Recording may be unavailable at some settings,
while in other cases settings may not apply during
recording.
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
Manual aperture adjustment is available in shooting
modes A and M; adjust aperture before recording
begins. Choose low f-numbers to soften background
details. The e ect can be heightened by increasing
the distance between your subject and the back-
ground.
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