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Be careful of the following while recording.

-

Do not touch the microphone (p. 38).

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Do not press any buttons other than the shutter button.

The sound that buttons make will be recorded in the

movie.

-

The camera will automatically adjust the exposure and

white balance to suit the shooting conditions during

recording. Please note, however, that the sounds made

by the camera automatically adjusting the exposure may

also be recorded.

The focus and optical zoom settings remain fixed for

subsequent frames at the values selected for the first frame.

Before recording, you can set the AE lock and exposure

shift. This is effective on ski slopes and the beach when the

contrast is too strong between the subject and background

or where there are both light and dark areas in the scene

and it is desirable to adjust the exposure.

1. Press the

button.The exposure will lock (AE lock) and

the exposure shift bar will appear in the LCD monitor.

2. Use the

or

button to adjust the exposure.Press the

button again to release the setting. Also, the setting

will be canceled if you press the

MENU

button or change

the white balance, My Colors or shooting mode settings.

If you register the

function with the

button, you can

start shooting a movie simply by pressing the

button

even if the mode switch is set to

or

(p. 122).

QuickTime is required to play back movies (Data type: AVI/

Compression method: Motion JPEG) on a computer (Only

Windows 2000).

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the exposure shift bar will appear in the LCD monitor.

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