User`s guide

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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
3. When movie recording is complete, the movie
file is stored in file memory.
IMPORTANT!
• 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
microphone 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 monaural.
— The camera automatically switches to the Pan
Focus (PF) (page 78) whenever you enter the
Movie Mode.
Microphone
— The camera focuses automatically whenever you
have Auto Focus (page 74) or Macro ( ) selected
as the focus mode. Note that the confirmation
tone that sounds during the Auto Focus operation
will be recorded in the audio. If you do not want
confirmation tones in your audio, keep Pan Focus
(PF) as the focus mode, or select Manual Focus
(MF) and manually focus the image before
starting your recording.
— Auto Focus is not performed in the case of the
Pan Focus (PF), Manual Focus (MF) and Infinity
(∞) focus modes, and so no confirmation tone
sounds. In the case of the Manual Focus mode,
you cannot adjust focus settings while recording
is in progress. Be sure to make all adjustments
before beginning the record operation.
— 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.