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Recording Movies
. To set up the camera to shoot with Prerecord Movie
1. In the REC mode, select the movie mode you want to use by setting the
movie mode switch to ³ (HD/STD) or © (HS).
2. Press [BS].
3. Use [8], [2], [4], and [6] to select the “Prerecord (Movie)” scene and
then press [SET].
This causes ‰ to appear on the monitor screen, indicating that the camera is
prerecording to its buffer.
. To shoot a Prerecord Movie
1. After using the above procedure to set up the camera for Prerecord
Movie, point the camera at the subject.
2. When you are ready to record, press [0].
This will save the approximately five seconds of action that was prerecorded in
the buffer before you pressed [0] (two seconds if you are using high speed
movie) and start real-time recording.
3. Press [0] again to stop recording.
• To turn off Prerecord Movie, press [BS] and then select R (Auto).
• When shooting with the high speed movie “30-210 fps” setting, you cannot
change the speed (fps) setting while the camera is pre-recording to the buffer
in step 1 of the above procedure. You can change the speed (fps) setting after
you press [0] to start real-time recording.
NOTE
• While the camera is set up for shooting with Prerecord Movie, pressing the shutter
button will not shoot a snapshot unless movie recording is in progress. With high-
definition (HD) and standard (STD) movie, you can shoot still images while realtime
movie recording is in progress.
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