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Taking Pictures
4 Press the shutter release button fully.
Recording starts. Recording can continue until the built-in memory/SD
Memory Card is full, or the size of the recorded movie reaches 2 GB.
5 Press the shutter release button fully.
Recording stops.
If you keep the shutter release button pressed for more than one second,
recording will continue as long as you keep the button pressed. Shooting
stops when you take your finger off the shutter release button.
• The flash does not discharge in C mode.
• The focus mode can be changed before recording starts.
• When the Focus Mode is set to \(Manual Focus), you can adjust
the focus before recording starts.
• You can use the optical zoom only before recording, while the
digital zoom is available both before and during recording.
• Changing the display mode by pressing the
4/W button while recording a movie will not display the
histogram.
• When the shooting mode is set to C, Face Priority is automatically
set to on. You can select Smile Capture On or Face Priority Off by
pressing the I button before starting recording a movie. (p.56)
When Smile Capture is activated, movie recording starts
automatically when the camera recognizes the subject's smile.
However, if the face detected by the camera is too small, movie
recording may not start automatically because the Smile Capture
function will not work.
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Keeping the Shutter Release Button Pressed