Canon A550 Digital Camera User Manual


 
37
Shooting
zYou are recommended to use a memory card that has
been formatted in your camera to shoot movies (p. 25).
The memory card supplied with the camera may be used
without further formatting.
zBe careful of the following while recording.
- Do not touch the microphone (Basic Guide p. 1).
- Do not press any buttons other than the shutter button.
The sound that buttons make will be recorded in the
movie.
- The camera will automatically adjust the exposure and
white balance to suit the shooting conditions during
recording. Please note, however, that the sounds made
by the camera automatically adjusting the exposure may
also be recorded.
zThe focus and optical zoom settings remain fixed for
subsequent frames at the values selected for the first
frame.
zDo not point the camera at the sun when shooting.
zBefore recording, you can set the AE lock (p. 42) and
exposure shift.
1. Press the ISO button.
The exposure will lock (AE lock) and the exposure shift
bar will appear in the LCD monitor.
2. Use the or button to adjust the exposure.
Press the ISO button again to release the setting. Also,
the setting will be canceled if you press the MENU button
or change the white balance, My Colors or shooting
mode settings.
zQuickTime is required to play back movies (Data type: AVI/
Compression method: Motion JPEG) on a computer
(Windows 2000 only).