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Recording and Playing Back Movies
B Maximum Movie Length
Individual movie files cannot exceed 4 GB in size or 29 minutes in length, even when there is
sufficient free space on the memory card for longer recording.
• The maximum movie length for a single movie is displayed on the shooting screen.
• Recording may end before either limit is reached if camera temperature becomes elevated.
• The actual movie length may vary depending on the movie content, subject movement, or type of
memory card.
B Notes About Saving Movies
After a movie has been recorded, it is not fully saved to the internal memory or memory card until
monitor display returns to the shooting display. Do not open the battery-chamber/memory card
slot cover or remove the battery or memory card. Removing the memory card or the battery
while a movie is being saved may result in loss of the movie data or damage to the camera or to the
memory card.
B Notes About Movie Recording
• Memory cards with an SD Speed Class rating of 6 or faster are recommended when recording
movies (F23). Movie recording may stop unexpectedly when memory cards with a lower Speed
Class rating are used.
• When recording movies while Electronic VR (A 65, E38) in the camera settings is set to Auto,
the angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) is narrow compared to that of still images.
• The optical zoom ratio cannot be changed once recording starts.
• There may be some degradation in image quality when digital zoom is used.
• The sounds of multi selector operation, autofocus lens drive movement, and aperture operation
when brightness changes may be recorded.
• The following phenomena may be seen in the monitor while recording movies. These
phenomena are saved in the recorded movies.
- Banding may occur in images under fluorescent, mercury-vapor, or sodium-vapor lighting.
- Subjects that move quickly from one side of the frame to the other, such as a moving train or car,
may appear skewed.
- The entire movie image may be skewed when the camera is panned.
- Lighting or other bright areas may leave residual images when the camera is moved.
• Depending on the distance to the subject or the amount of zoom applied, subjects with repeating
patterns (fabrics, lattice windows, etc.) may have colored stripes (interference patterns, moire, etc.)
in them during movie recording and playback. This occurs when the pattern in the subject and the
layout of the image sensor interfere with each other; it is not a malfunction.