287Movie Shooting CautionsWhite <s> and Red <E> Internal Temperature Warning IconsIf the camera’s internal temperature increases due to prolonged movieshooting or under a high ambient temperature, a white <s> or red <E>icon will appear.The white <s> icon indicates that the image quality of still photos willdeteriorate. You should stop still photo shooting and allow the camera’sinternal temperature to cool before shooting again. Since movie imagequality will hardly be affected, you can still shoot movies.The red <E> icon indicates that movie shooting will soon be terminatedautomatically. If this happens, you will not be able to shoot again until thecamera’s internal temperature decreases. Turn off the power and let thecamera rest for a while.Shooting a movie at a high temperature for a prolonged period will causethe <s> or <E> icon to appear earlier. When you are not shooting, turnoff the camera.Recording and Image QualityIf the attached lens has an Image Stabilizer and you set the ImageStabilizer (IS) switch to <1>, the Image Stabilizer will operate at alltimes even if you do not press the shutter button halfway. The ImageStabilizer consumes battery power and may shorten the total movieshooting time or decrease the number of possible shots. If you use atripod or if the Image Stabilizer is not necessary, it is recommended to setthe IS switch to <2>.The camera’s built-in microphone will also pick up camera operationnoise. 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 thecamera’s external microphone IN terminal.If the brightness changes during autoexposure movie shooting, that partmay look momentarily still when you play back the movie. In such cases,shoot movies with manual exposure.If there is a very bright light source in the picture, the bright area mayappear black on the LCD monitor. The movie will be recorded in almostthe same way you see it on the LCD monitor.In low light, noise or irregular colors may appear in the image. The moviewill be recorded in almost the same way you see it on the LCD monitor.
