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Making Voice Recordings
Voice Recordings
Operations During Recording
The following operations are available during recording. If the monitor has
turned off, press i to reactivate.
Sound Quality
Press m in voice recording mode to display the following sound quality
options. Choose the sound quality for the recording.
* Voice recordings can be as long as free space in the internal memory or on the mem-
ory card allows (up to five hours). All figures are approximate. Maximum voice
recording length varies with make of memory card.
j Voice Recordings
• PictureProject cannot be used to transfer or play voice recordings. Select [Interface] > [Mass
storage] for [USB], copy the files manually.
• The copied files can be played back using QuickTime or any other WAV-compatible audio
player.
• Note that index points created with the camera cannot be used when voice recordings are
played back on computers.
To Press Description
Pause/resume
recording
d
Press once to pause recording; indicator lamp will
blink.
Create index
During recording, press the rotary multi selector to create
index. Camera can skip to any index during playback.
Start of recording is index number 1; other numbers are
assigned in ascending order, to a maximum of 98.
End recording
Press the shutter-release button all the way down a
second time to end recording.
Option Description
Maximum voice recording length*
Internal memory
(approx. 13 MB)
Memory card
(256 MB)
O
Normal
Suited for longer record-
ings.
26 min. 30 sec. 5 hours
N
High
(default setting)
Record with high quality
sound.
9 min. 38 sec. 3 hours 4 min.