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The Movie Menu, Movie Options, Movie AF Mode

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The Movie Menu D Movie Options On the shooting screen M Tap the d tab M D Movie options Select the desired movie option to record. A larger image size improves the image quality and increases the file size. Option Description N HD 720p (1280×720) (default setting*) Movies with an aspect ratio of 16:9 are recorded. y VGA (640×480) Movies with an aspect ratio of 4:3 are recorded. z QVGA (320×240) Movies with an aspect ratio of 4:3 are recorded. * When recording in the internal memory, the default setting is y VGA (640×480). • The frame rate is approximately 30 fps for all options. C More Information See "File and Folder Names" (E86) for more information. n Movie AF Mode On the shooting screen M Tap the d tab M n Movie AF mode Choose how the camera focuses with recording movies. Option A Single AF (default setting) B Full-time AF Description Focus is locked when the b (e movie-record) button is pressed to start recording. Select this option when the distance between the camera and the subject will remain fairly consistent. Camera focuses continuously during movie recording. Select this option when the distance between the camera and the subject will change. The sound of the camera focusing may be heard in the recorded movie. To prevent sound of camera focusing from interfering with recording, use of Single AF is recommended. Reference Section E62

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E
62
Reference Section
The Movie Menu
D
Movie Options
Select the desired movie option to record. A larger image size improves the image
quality and increases the file size.
*
When recording in the internal memory, the default setting is
y
VGA (64
0
×4
80
)
.
•
The frame rate is approximately 30 fps for all options.
C
More Information
See “File and Folder Names” (
E
86) for more information.
n
Movie AF Mode
Choose how the camera focuses with recording movies.
On the shooting screen
M
Tap the
d
tab
M
D
Movie options
Option
Description
N
HD 720p (1280×720)
(default setting*)
Movies with an aspect ratio of 16:9 are recorded.
y
VGA (640×480)
Movies with an aspect ratio of 4:3 are recorded.
z
QVGA (320×240)
Movies with an aspect ratio of 4:3 are recorded.
On the shooting screen
M
Tap the
d
tab
M
n
Movie AF mode
Option
Description
A
Single AF
(default setting)
Focus is locked when the
b
(
e
movie-record) button is pressed
to start recording.
Select this option when the distance between the camera and
the subject will remain fairly consistent.
B
Full-time AF
Camera focuses continuously during movie recording.
Select this option when the distance between the camera and
the subject will change. The sound of the camera focusing may
be heard in the recorded movie.
To prevent sound of camera focusing from interfering with
recording, use of
Single AF
is recommended.