93Recording and Playing Back MoviesB Notes About Using Zoom During Movie Recording• The zoom indicator is not displayed during movie recording.• There may be some degradation in image quality when digital zoom is used. Whenrecording movies, digital zoom operates up to approximately 2× the maximumoptical zoom ratio. If you zoom in on the subject while recording a movie, thezoom motion temporarily stops at the position where optical zoom is changed todigital zoom.• When Shooting mode (A96) of the movie custom setting mode is set toAperture-priority auto or Manual, optical zoom cannot be used during movierecording.B Camera Temperature• The camera may become warm when recording movies for an extended period oftime or when the camera is used in a hot area.• If the inside of the camera becomes extremely hot when recording movies, thecamera will automatically stop recording. The amount of time remaining until thecamera stops recording (B10s) is displayed. After the camera stops recording, itturns itself off.Leave the camera off until the inside of the camera has cooled.Focusing During Movie Recording• The focus can be adjusted during movie recording in the following mannerin accordance with the Autofocus mode (A96) setting of the moviemenu.- A Single AF (default setting): The focus is locked when movierecording starts. To perform the autofocus function during movierecording, press the AE-L/AF-L button (A2).- B Full-time AF: The focus is adjusted repeatedly even during movierecording. To lock the exposure or focus during movie recording, press theAE-L/AF-L button. To cancel the lock, press the AE-L/AF-L button again.• When the focus mode (A64) is E (manual focus), adjust the focusmanually. The focus can be adjusted by using the multi selector H (far)I(near) while recording movies.• Autofocus may not perform as expected (A84). Should this occur, try E(manual focus) (A64, 66) or set Autofocus mode in the movie menu toA Single AF (default setting) and then use focus lock (A85) to record.
