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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
1.
Enter the REC Mode,
and select “
Movie” as the
recording mode (page
53).
• This enters the Movie
Mode and causes “ ”
to appear on the
monitor screen.
• You can use the key
customization feature (page 106) to configure the
camera to enter the Movie Mode whenever you
press [̇] or [̈] while in the REC mode.
2.
Point the camera at
the subject and then
press the shutter
button.
• Movie recording
continues as long as
remaining memory
capacity allows, or until
you stop it by pressing
the shutter button
again.
Movie recording indicator
• The remaining recording time counts down and the
elapsed recording time counts up on the monitor
screen as you record.
• Starting a movie record operation causes optical
zoom to be disabled. Only digital zoom is available
while a movie record operation is in progress. If you
want to use optical zoom to record a movie, perform
the zoom operation before starting the record
operation.
3.
When movie recording is complete, the movie
file is stored in file memory.
IMPORTANT!
• The flash does not fire in the Movie mode.
• Certain types of memory cards take longer to record
data, which can cause movie frames to be dropped.
and
REC
flash on the monitor screen during
recording to let you know when a frame has been
dropped.
Recording time
Remaining recording time