Recording and Viewing Movies
(Live View)
Movies up
to
2
GB
in
size
can
be recorded in live view mode. Before recording,
choose frame
size
and sound options
in
the Movie settings menu (pg. ,
70).
1
Press
the
~
button.
The mirror will be raised and
the
view through the lens
will be displayed in
the
camera monitor. The subject will
no longer be visible in the viewfinder.
~The"lcon
A
,.
icon (pg.
43)
will be displayed
if
there
is
insufficient space
on the memory card
to
record movies.
(Q
button
2 Focus.
Frame the opening shot and press the shutter-release
button
halfway
to
focus
on your subject.
3 Start recording.
Press
the ®
button
to
start recording (at default
settings,
both
video and sound be recorded;
do
not
cover
the
microphone on the
front
of
the
S~
camera during recording). The recording
time
<J
_
[»1
available
is
displayed in
the
monitor,
together
\l
with
a recording indicator. Exposure can be Time remaining
locked by pressing the
AE-L1AF-L
button
(pg.
88)
or
(in
P,
S,
A,
and Mmodes) altered using exposure compensation (pg.
90).
Note
that
camera will
not
focus
if
the
shutter-release
button
is
pressed halfway
during recording.
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4 End recording.
To
end recording, press the ®
button
(to end
recording and take a still picture in the mode
Sf::;
currently selected
with
the mode dial, press the
<J'
[>
shutter-release
button
all the way down).
Recording will end automatically when the
maximum
size
is
reached
or
the
memory
card
is
full.
~Maximum
Size
Movie files
can
be up
to
2
GB
in
size.
The maximum length
is
5 min for movies
with
a
frame
size
of
1280 x 760,20 min for other movies; note that depending on memorycard
write speed, shooting may end before this length
is
reached.
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