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Advanced Features
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Press the shutter button down fully to start
recording.
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The brightness and color of the screen shown during movie
recording may differ from those shown before recording
begins.
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There is no need to hold down the shutter button.
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A counter appears in the top-right corner of the
screen during recording. It shows the remaining
time.
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When the remaining time runs out, recording ends and the
movie is saved onto the xD-Picture Card.
Press the shutter button during recording. Recording
ends and the movie is stored on the xD-Picture
Card.
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If recording is stopped immediately after it begins, 1 second
of movie is recorded onto the xD-Picture Card.
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Zoom bar
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During movie recording, the lens is fixed at the
wide-angle zoom setting and only the digital zoom
can be used.
Press the “T (a)” or “W (b)” button to zoom in and
out. A zoom bar appears on the screen.
h Digital zoom focal length
(35 mm camera equivalent)
Approx. 39 mm-132.6 mm
Max. zoom scale: approx. 3.4×
h Focal range
Approx. 80 cm (2.6 ft.) to infinity
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Pictures taken with the digital zoom have slightly lower image
quality. Choose the zoom mode that best suits the scene
being shot.
rRECORDING MOVIES
MOVIE MODE
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Movies up to 60 seconds long (at the “$” setting) or 240 seconds long (at the “#” setting) can
be recorded.
h Specifications
Motion JPEG without sound
h Quality selection method
$ (320 × 240 pixels)
# (160 × 120 pixels)
h Frame rate: 10 frames per second
See P.95 for information on the frame rate.
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See P.56 for information on changing the quality setting.
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The available recording time for a movie may decrease
depending on the amount of free space on the xD-
Picture Card.
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See P.94 for the available recording time with xD-Picture
Cards.
The available recording time and “`”
appear on the screen.
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Set the Mode dial to “r”.
It may not be possible to playback your movies on other cameras.
Pressing the shutter button down fully fixes the
focus, but the exposure is adjusted for to the scene
being shot.