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Movies, Recording Movies

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Movies Recording Movies To shoot movies with sound recorded via the built-in microphone, select shooting mode and follow the steps below (no sound is recorded for time-lapse movies). Movies recorded to internal memory at the default setting of Small Size 320 can be up to 1 minute 10 seconds long; a 256 MB memory card can hold up to 14 minutes 30 seconds. 1 2 Display shooting mode menu. 3 Highlight . Select and exit to movie mode. Exposure count display shows maximum total length of movie that can be recorded. 4 Press shutter-release button all the way down to start recording. Progress bar shows amount of memory remaining. Press shut- ter-release button all the way down a sec- ond time to end recording. Movies Recording Movies The flash ( 20) turns off in all modes except Time-lapse movie. The self-timer ( 22) can not be used. Optical zoom can not be adjusted during recording; digital zoom is available to a maximum of 2× ( 15). If the camera is pointed at the sun or other bright light source during recording, vertical comet-like streaks ("smear") may appear in the movie. Avoid pointing the camera at bright light sources when filming movies. More on Movies See the Appendix for information on how movie files are stored ( 103), the maximum total length of movie that can be recorded at different settings ( 102), and movie menu defaults ( 101). 35

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Movies
Movies
Recording Movies
To shoot movies with sound recorded via the built-in microphone, select shooting
mode and follow the steps below (no sound is recorded for time-lapse movies).
Movies recorded to internal memory at the default setting of
Small Size 320
can
be up to 1 minute 10 seconds long; a 256 MB memory card can hold up to 14 min-
utes 30 seconds.
1
Display shooting mode menu.
2
Highlight
.
4
Press shutter-release button all the way
down to start recording.
Progress bar shows
amount of memory remaining.
Press shut-
ter-release button all the way down a sec-
ond time to end recording.
3
Select and exit to movie mode.
Exposure
count display shows maximum total length
of movie that can be recorded.
Recording Movies
The flash (
20) turns off in all modes except
Time-lapse movie
.
The self-timer (
22) can
not be used.
Optical zoom can not be adjusted during recording; digital zoom is available to
a maximum of 2 × (
15).
If the camera is pointed at the sun or other bright light source during recording, vertical com-
et-like streaks (“smear”) may appear in the movie.
Avoid pointing the camera at bright light
sources when filming movies.
More on Movies
See the Appendix for information on how movie files are stored (
103), the maximum total
length of movie that can be recorded at different settings (
102), and movie menu defaults
(
101).