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Recording and Viewing Movies
The Movie Menu
Movie Options
The movie menu offers the options shown below.
1
All figures are approximate. Maximum movie length may vary depending on type of
memory card used.
2
To prevent TV movie 640 from ending unexpectedly, use card rated for 10 MB/s.
Auto-Focus Mode
Choose how the camera focuses in movie mode.
k Movie File and Folder Names
See “Image File and Folder Names” (c 104).
Option Description
Maximum movie length
1
Internal
memory
Memory card
8MB 256 MB
R
TV movie 640
Movies are recorded at 30
frames per second. Each frame
is 640 × 480 pixels in size.
5 sec. 2 min. 50 sec.
2
S
Small size 320
(default setting)
Movies are recorded at 30
frames per second. Each frame
is 320 × 240 pixels in size.
13 sec. 6 min. 30 sec.
U
Smaller size 160
Movies are recorded at 30
frames per second. Each frame
is 160 × 120 pixels in size.
Small size allows for recording
of longer movies.
50 sec. 25 min.
Option Description
ZSingle AF
(default setting)
Camera focuses when the shutter-release button is pressed half-
way and locks at this position during recording.
aFull-time AF
Camera constantly adjusts focus, even when the shutter-release
button is not pressed. Choose [Single AF] if the sound of the
camera focusing interferes with recording.