User`s guide

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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
6. Point the camera at the subject and then
press the shutter button.
• This will record a movie of the length specified by the
time values you specified in steps 3 and 4.
Recording stops automatically.
• To stop recording part way through, press the shutter
button again.
IMPORTANT!
• Note that in the Short Movie Mode, movie data is
continually recorded and stored in a buffer before
you press the shutter button. Be sure to keep the
camera still and pointed in the direction of the
subject for some time before you press the shutter
button to start recording.
• When a Short Movie Mode record operation starts
future part recording, the monitor screen will show a
countdown of the remaining recording time.
Recording continues until the end of the countdown
is reached.
■ Movie Recording Precautions
• The flash does not fire in the Movie mode.
• This camera also records audio. Note the following points
when recording a movie.
— Take care that you
do not block the
stereo microphones
with your fingers.
— Good recording
results are not
possible when the
camera is too far
from the subject.
— Operating camera
buttons during
recording can cause
button noise to be included in the audio.
— Movie audio is recorded in stereo.
• Very bright light inside of an image can cause a vertical
band to appear in the monitor screen image. This is a
CCD phenomenon known as “vertical smear”, and does
not indicate malfunction of the camera. Note that vertical
smear is not recorded with the image in the case of a
snapshot, but it is recorded in the case of a movie.
• Certain types of memory cards take longer to record data,
which can cause movie frames to be dropped. and
REC
flash on the monitor screen during recording to let
you know when a frame has been dropped.
Stereo microphones