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Basic Operations
• Movie shooting can continue until the memory card is full.
• For more information on the number of seconds of movie shooting that are available for each
image size, see the “Accessories and Specifications” provided separately.
• If you do not press the shutter release button half way, shooting continues until the
memory card is full.
3 Press the shutter release button half
way to set the exposure and focus
for the subject.
• During movie shooting, the exposure is adjusted
according to the ambient conditions, but the focus does
not change. The movie is shot using the focus set just
before shooting started.
4 When you press the shutter release
button down further, the camera
makes a clicking sound and
shooting begins.
Pressing the shutter release button displays the
seconds counter. The red shooting mark “
B
” also
lights during movie shooting.
The table below shows the number of seconds that can be shot for each image size
when a 16MB memory card is used to record a movie with sound.
(Frame rate: 30 fps; new or formatted memory card used)
5 Press the shutter release button half way to finish shooting.
“Beep”
“Click”
Image Size Seconds Counter
640 ✕ 480 0 to 6 (sec.)
320 ✕ 240 0 to 26 (sec.)
160 ✕ 120 0 to 104 (sec.)
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