Shooting
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z You are recommended to use a memory card that has
been formatted in your camera to shoot movies (p. 29).
The card supplied with the camera may be used without
further formatting.
z Be careful of the following while recording.
- Try not to touch the microphone (Basic Guide p. 1).
- Do not press any buttons other than the shutter button. The
sound that buttons make will be recorded in the movie.
- The camera will automatically adjust the exposure and
white balance to suit the shooting conditions during
recording. Please note, however, that the sounds made by
the camera automatically adjusting the exposure may also
be recorded.
z
The focus and optical zoom settings remain fixed for
subsequent frames at the values selected for the first frame.
z Do not aim the camera toward the sun to shoot.
z Before recording, you can set the AE lock (p. 49) and
exposure shift.
1. Press the button.
The exposure will lock (AE lock) and the exposure shift
bar will appear in the LCD monitor.
2. Use the or button to adjust the exposure.
Press the button again to release the setting. Also,
the setting will be canceled if you press the MENU button
or change the white balance, My Colors or shooting
mode settings.
z In mode, the selected power saving option (p. 26)
determines if the LCD monitor turns off or not. You can turn
the LCD monitor on by pressing any button other than the
power button or shutter button.
z QuickTime is required to play back movies (Data type: AVI/
Compression method: Motion JPEG) on a computer (for
Windows 2000 only).