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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
• 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.
• The focus mode automatically changes to Pan Focus
(page 74) when you enter the Movie mode,
regardless of the mode memory’s (page 106) Focus
setting. You can, however, change to another focus
mode before starting a recording.
3.
When movie recording is complete, the movie
file is stored in file memory.
IMPORTANT!
• The flash does not fire in the Movie mode.
• This camera also records audio. Note the following
points when recording a movie.
— Take care that you do
not block the
microphone with your
fingers.
— Good recording
results are not
possible when the
camera is too far from
the subject.
— Operating camera buttons during recording can
cause button noise to be included in the audio.
— Movie audio is recorded in monaural.
— The camera automatically switches to Pan Focus
( ) (page 74) whenever you enter the Movie
mode.
— The camera focuses automatically whenever you
have Auto Focus or Macro ( ) (page 69)
selected as the focus mode. Note that the
confirmation tone that sounds during the Auto
Focus operation will be recorded in the audio. If
you do not want confirmation tones in your audio,
keep Pan Focus ( ) as the focus mode, or
select Manual Focus ( ) and manually focus the
image before starting your recording.
Microphone