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Recording and Playing Back Movies
Recording and Playing Back Movies
Recording Movies
You can record movies by simply pressing the b (e movie-record) button.
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When no memory card is inserted (i.e., when using the camera’s internal memory),
Movie options
(
A
81,
E
38) is set to
m
VGA (640×480)
.
n
HD 720p (1280×720)
cannot be selected.
1 Display the shooting screen.
• The icon for the selected movie option is displayed. The
default setting is n HD 720p (1280×720) (A81).
• When recording movies, the angle of view (i.e., the area
visible in the frame) is narrower compared to that of still
images.
2 Press the b (e movie-record) button to start
movie recording.
• The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the
frame. Focus areas are not displayed during recording.
• When n HD 720p (1280×720) is selected for Movie
options, monitor display changes to an aspect ratio of 16:9
with movie recording.
• If Photo info in the Monitor settings (A86) in the
setup menu is set to Movie frame+auto info, the area
that will be visible in the movie can be confirmed before
movie recording starts.
• C is displayed while saving to the internal memory.
3 Press the b (e movie-record) button again to end recording.
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970
15m 0s
15m 0s
Movie option
Maximum movie length
7m30 s
7m30s