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4 Focus.
Frame the opening shot and focus as described in Steps 4
and 5 of “Live View” (0 51–52).
Note that the number of
subjects that can be detected in face-priority AF drops
during movie recording.
5 Start recording.
Press the movie-record button to start recording (the
camera can record both video and sound; do not cover the
microphone on the front of the camera during recording).
A recording indicator and the time available are displayed
in the monitor.
Exposure can be locked by pressing the
AE-L/AF-L button (0 106) or (in modes P, S, A, and M) altered
by up to ±3 EV in steps of
1
/3 EV using exposure
compensation (0 107; note that depending on the
brightness of the subject, changes to exposure may have
no visible effect), and that exposure compensation is not
available when On is selected for Manual movie settings
in mode M as described on page 60.
In autofocus mode,
focus can be locked by pressing the shutter-release button
halfway.
6 End recording.
Press the movie-record button again to end recording (to
end recording, return to live view, and take a photograph,
press the shutter-release button all the way down).
Recording will end automatically when the maximum
length is reached, or the memory card is full.
A See Also
The behavior of the AE-L/AF-L button can be adjusted using
Custom Setting f5 (Assign AE-L/AF-L button; 0 232).
A Maximum Length
Each movie file can be up to 4 GB in size and 20 minutes long; note that depending on
memory card write speed, shooting may end before this length is reached (0 319).
Movie-record button
Recording indicator
Time remaining