Movie Shooting Cautions
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> and Red <
> Temperature Warning Icons
If the camera’s temperature increases due to prolonged movie shooting or a high ambient temperature, a white icon <> will appear.
Even if you shoot a movie while this icon is displayed, the movie’s image quality will hardly be affected. However, if you shoot still photos, the image quality of the still photos may degrade. You should stop shooting still photos for a while and allow the camera to cool down.
If the camera’s temperature further increases while the white icon <> is displayed, a red icon <> may start blinking. This blinking icon is a warning that movie shooting will soon end automatically. If this happens, you will not be able to shoot again until the camera’s temperature decreases. Turn off the power and let the camera rest for a while.
Shooting a movie at a high temperature for a prolonged period will cause the <> and <> icons to appear earlier. When you are not shooting, turn off the camera.
Recording and Image Quality
If the attached lens has an Image Stabilizer, the Image Stabilizer will operate at all times even if you do not press the shutter button halfway.
The Image Stabilizer consumes battery power and may shorten the total movie shooting time or decrease the number of possible shots. If you use a tripod or if the Image Stabilizer is not necessary, you should set the IS switch to <OFF>.
The camera’s built-in microphone will also pick up camera operation noise. Using a commercially-available external microphone can prevent (or reduce) these noises from being recorded.
Do not connect anything other than an external microphone to the camera’s external microphone IN terminal.
If there is a very bright light source in the picture, the bright area may appear black on the LCD monitor. In movies, the bright areas will be recorded in almost the same way you see it on the LCD monitor.
In low light, noise or irregular colors may appear in the image. In movies, the bright areas will be recorded in almost the same way you see it on the LCD monitor.
Recording and Image Quality
If you use a card having a slow writing speed, a five-level indicator may appear on the right of the screen during movie shooting. It indicates how much data has not yet been written to the card (remaining capacity of the buffer memory). The slower the card, the faster the indicator will climb upward. If the indicator becomes full, movie shooting will stop automatically.
If the card has a fast writing speed, the indicator will either not appear or the level (if displayed) will hardly go upward. First, shoot a few test movies to see if the card can write fast enough. Still Photo Shooting During Movie Shooting
Playback and TV connection
In autoexposure shooting, shutter-priority AE, or aperture-priority AE modes, if the brightness changes during movie shooting, the movie may freeze temporarily. In such cases, shoot movies with manual exposure.
If you connect the camera to a TV set and shoot a movie, the TV will not output any sound during the shooting. However, the sound will be properly recorded.
