Canon PowerShot A540 PowerShot A540 / A530 Manuals Camera User Guide Advanced - Page 97

Shooting Movies

Get Canon PowerShot A540 PDF manuals and user guides View all Canon PowerShot A540 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 97 highlights

Shooting Movies The recording time may not display properly or filming may stop unexpectedly. The following types of memory cards are used. - Slow recording cards. - Cards formatted on a different camera or a computer. - Cards which have had images recorded and erased repeatedly. z Although the recording time may not display properly during shooting, the movie will be recorded correctly on the memory card. Recording time will display properly if you format the memory card in this camera (excluding slow recording memory cards) (p. 30). "!" displays on the LCD monitor in red and shooting automatically stopped. There is insufficient free z Try the following procedures. space in the camera's built- - Format the card with a low level in memory. format before filming (p. 30) - Lower the recording pixels or the frame rate* (p. 41) * The frame rate can be changed only for PowerShot A540. - Use a high-speed memory card (SDC-512MSH, etc.) Zoom does not operate. Zoom lever was pressed while shooting in movie mode. z Operate the zoom before shooting in movie mode (Basic Guide p. 8). Note the digital zoom is available while shooting, but only in Standard movie mode. Troubleshooting 95

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
95
Troubleshooting
Shooting Movies
The recording time may not display properly or
filming may stop unexpectedly.
The following types of
memory cards are used.
- Slow recording cards.
- Cards formatted on a
different camera or a
computer.
- Cards which have had
images recorded and
erased repeatedly.
Although the recording time may
not display properly during
shooting, the movie will be
recorded correctly on the memory
card. Recording time will display
properly if you format the memory
card in this camera (excluding
slow recording memory cards)
(p. 30).
“!” displays on the LCD monitor in red and
shooting automatically stopped.
There is insufficient free
space in the camera’s built-
in memory.
Try the following procedures.
- Format the card with a low level
format before filming (p. 30)
- Lower the recording pixels or the
frame rate* (p. 41)
* The frame rate can be changed
only for PowerShot A540.
- Use a high-speed memory card
(SDC-512MSH, etc.)
Zoom does not operate.
Zoom lever was pressed
while shooting in movie
mode.
Operate the zoom before shooting
in movie mode (
Basic Guide
p. 8).
Note the digital zoom is available
while shooting, but only in
Standard movie mode.