1. Turn the shooting mode dial to .

• The maximum recording time (in seconds) is displayed on the LCD screen.

- You can shoot the image right after selecting settings by pressing the shutter button. The menu displays again after the shot, allowing you to change the settings easily. Explanation of Movie Modes

- In (Standard) or (My Colors) mode, you can change the resolution and frame rate.

- The camera will automatically set the exposure, focus and white balance.

- Shooting and sound recording starts simultaneously.

- During shooting the recording time and  [ (Rec.)] appear on the LCD monitor.

- When displays, you can use the digital zoom.

5.  Press the shutter fully again to stop recording.

- The maximum recording time may vary with the subject and shooting conditions. Just before the maximum is reached, or just before the memory card fills to capacity, the counter at the bottom right of the LCD monitor will display in red and recording will stop automatically after approximately 10 seconds (excluding (Compact)).

• The recording time may not display properly during shooting or filming may stop unexpectedly with the following types of memory cards.
  - Slow recording cards
  - Cards formatted on a different camera or a computer
  - Cards which have had images recorded and erased repeatedly
• Although the recording time may not display properly during shooting, the movie will be recorded correctly on the memory card. Recording time will display properly if you format the memory card in this camera (excluding slow recording memory cards).
• You are recommended to use a memory card that has been formatted in your camera to shoot movies. The card supplied with the camera may be used without further formatting.
• Be careful not to touch the microphone while shooting.
• Do not press buttons other than the shutter button while filming to avoid inadvertent recording of the operation sounds.
• If the upper indicator blinks green after a shot, this indicates that the movie is being written to the memory card. You cannot shoot again until the blinking stops.
• You may experience frame dropping and audio breakup when playing back a movie on a computer with insufficient system resources.

• The following operations are available before movie recording:
  - AF lock: Pressing the MF button activates AF lock with the current conditions. appears on the LCD monitor. You can cancel AF lock by pressing the MF button again.
  - Manual Focus
  - AE lock, exposure shift: Press the button to enable AE lock. The exposure shift bar appears on the LCD monitor, and exposure can be changed turning the multi control dial. You can cancel AE lock by pressing the button again. When pressing the <MENU> button or changing the white balance, photo effects and shooting modes, AF lock is canceled.
• Sound is recorded in monaural.
• There is no shutter sound in Movie mode.
• The recording time and capacity may vary according to camera usage and memory card performance. If free space in the camera's memory becomes too scarce, even if there is surplus recording time or capacity available, the "!" symbol will display at the bottom right of the LCD monitor in red and the camera will automatically cease filming shortly thereafter. If the "!" warning displays frequently, try the following procedures.
  - Reformat the memory card before filming
  - Set the resolution to (320 x 240) or the frame rate to (15 frames/sec.)
  - Use a super high-speed SD card (SDC-512MSH, etc.)
• QuickTime 3.0 or higher is required to play back movie files (AVI/Motion JPEG) on a computer. (QuickTime for Windows is bundled on the supplied Digital Camera Solution Disk). On the Macintosh platform, this program is standard with Mac OS X or later.

• Resolution: (640 x 480), (320 x 240) (Max
• Frame Rate: (30 frames/sec.), (15 frames/sec.)
• Maximum Size: 1 GB/movie

• Resolution: (1024 x 768)
• Frame Rate: (15 frames/sec.)
• Maximum Size: 1 GB/movie

• Resolution: (160 x 120)
• Frame Rate: (15 frames/sec.)
• Max. Clip Length^*3: 3 minutes

• Resolution: (640 x 480), (320 x 240)
• Frame Rate: (30 frames/sec.), (15 frames/sec.)
• Maximum Size: 1 GB/movie

1GB card

15 frames/sec.

14 sec.

1 min. 4 sec.

4 min. 9 sec.

8 min. 18 sec.

30 frames/sec.

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14 sec.

1 min. 4 sec.

4 min. 9 sec.

8 min. 18 sec.

640 x 480 pixels

15 frames/sec.

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30 sec.

2 min. 7 sec.

8 min. 14 sec.

16 min. 28 sec.

320 x 240 pixels

30 frames/sec.

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42 sec.

3 min. 1 sec.

11 min. 42 sec.

23 min. 24 sec.

320 x 240 pixels

15 frames/sec.

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1 min. 24 sec.

5 min. 55 sec.

22 min. 53 sec.

45 min. 46 sec.

160 x 120 pixels

15 frames/sec.

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3 min. 26 sec.*

14 min. 29 sec.*

1 hr. 51 min. 54 sec.*