Pentax Optio RS1500 Silver Optio RS1500 Silver RS1500 Manual - Page 109

Taking Pictures 4 Press the shutter release button fully. Recording starts. You can continue recording until the built-in memory or the SD Memory Card is full, or the size of the recorded movie reaches 2 GB. • The flash does not discharge in C (Movie) mode. • The focus mode can be changed before recording starts. • You can use the optical zoom only before recording, while the Digital Zoom is available both before and during recording. • When the shooting mode is set to C (Movie), the Face Detection function is automatically activated. You can switch to Smile Capture or Face Detection Off by pressing the I button before you start 3 recording a movie (p.67). When the Smile Capture function is activated, movie recording starts automatically when the camera detects the subject's smile. However, depending on the condition of the detected faces, movie recording may not start automatically because the Smile Capture function may not work. In this case, press the shutter release button to start movie recording. 5 Press the shutter release button fully. Recording stops. Playing Back a Movie 1p.115 Keeping the Shutter Release Button Pressed If you keep the shutter release button pressed for more than one second, recording will continue as long as you keep the button pressed. Shooting stops when you take your finger off the shutter release button. 107