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These times may vary with the subject and shooting
conditions. Recording will automatically stop when the
maximum is reached or when the CF cards runs out of
free capacity.
Filming may stop unexpectedly with certain types of CF
card (if it is a slow-recording card, if it has been formatted
on a different camera or a computer, or if images have
been shot and erased repeatedly).
• You are recommended to use a CF card that has been
formatted in your camera to shoot movies (p. 134). The
card supplied with the camera may be used without
further formatting. In addition, you are recommended to
use the optional FC-256MH CF Card (not sold in some
regions) to shoot movies with the
setting.
• Be careful not to touch the microphone while shooting.
• The AE, AF, white balance and zoom settings are set
and locked to the settings of the first frame.
• If the indicator on the left side of the viewfinder blinks
green after a shot, this indicates that the movie is being
written to the CF card. You cannot shoot again until it
stops blinking.
• For functions available in this mode, see page 224.
• Sound is recorded monaurally.
• There is no shutter sound in movie mode.
• QuickTime 3.0 or higher is required to replay movie files
(AVI / Motion JPEG) on a computer. (QuickTime (for
Windows) is bundled on the supplied Digital Camera
Solution Disk. On the Macintosh platform, QuickTime
3.0 or later is generally bundled with Mac OS 8.5 or later
operating system.)