Canon PowerShot A510 PowerShot A520/A510 Camera User Guide - Page 59

The Basics

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The Basics z You are recommended to use a memory card that has been formatted in your camera to shoot movies (p. 19). The card supplied with the camera may be used without further formatting. z Be careful not to touch the microphone while shooting. z During shooting, do not press any button other than the shutter button. These operation sounds will also be recorded. z The AE, AF, white balance and zoom settings are set and locked to the settings of the first frame. z After a shot, the upper indicator blinks green while the movie clip is being written to the memory card. You cannot shoot again until it stops blinking. Shooting - The Basics z See page 159 for settings that can be changed in this mode. z Sound is recorded monaurally. z There is no shutter sound in movie mode. z QuickTime 3.0 or higher is required to playback movies (File type: AVI/ Compression method: Motion JPEG) on a computer. (QuickTime (for Windows) is bundled on the supplied Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk. On the Macintosh platform, QuickTime 3.0 or later is generally bundled with Mac OS 8.5 or later operating system.) 57

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Shooting – The Basics
The Basics
You are recommended to use a memory
card that has been formatted in your
camera to shoot movies (p. 19). The card
supplied with the camera may be used
without further formatting.
Be careful not to touch the microphone
while shooting.
During shooting, do not press any button
other than the shutter button. These
operation sounds will also be recorded.
The AE, AF, white balance and zoom
settings are set and locked to the settings of
the first frame.
After a shot, the upper indicator blinks
green while the movie clip is being written to
the memory card. You cannot shoot again
until it stops blinking.
See page 159 for settings that can be
changed in this mode.
Sound is recorded monaurally.
There is no shutter sound in movie mode.
QuickTime 3.0 or higher is required to
playback movies (File type: AVI/
Compression method: Motion JPEG) on a
computer. (QuickTime (for Windows) is
bundled on the supplied Canon Digital
Camera Solution Disk. On the Macintosh
platform, QuickTime 3.0 or later is generally
bundled with Mac OS 8.5 or later operating
system.)