82Recording and Playing Back MoviesRecording and Playing Back MoviesRecording MoviesYou can record movies by simply pressing the b (e movie-record) button. Thesettings made for still images, such as hue and white balance, are applied whenrecording movies.• The maximum file size for a single movie is 2 GB or the maximum movie lengthfor a single movie is 29 minutes, even when there is sufficient free space on thememory card for longer recording (A84).• When no memory card is inserted (when recording in the internal memory),Movie options (A85) is set to y VGA (640×480) by default. N HD 720p(1280×720) cannot be selected.1 Turn on the camera and be sure that it is inshooting mode.• Movies can be recorded in any shooting mode (A26)except Draw scene mode.* Maximum movie length shown in the illustrations maydiffer from the actual display.2 Press the b (e movie-record) button to startmovie recording.• Recording begins after the monitor turns off briefly.• The camera focuses at the center of the frame. Focusareas are not displayed during recording.• When N HD 720p (1280×720) (default setting) isselected for Movie options (A85), monitor displaychanges to an aspect ratio of 16:9 with movie recording(the area indicated at right is recorded).• If Photo info in the Monitor settings (A88) in thesetup menu is set to Movie frm+auto info, the areathat will be visible in the movie can be confirmedbefore movie recording starts.• The approximate remaining movie length is displayed. C is displayed while saving tothe internal memory.• Recording stops automatically when the maximum movie recording time haselapsed.3 Press the b (e movie-record) button again to end recording.0088505050Maximum Movie Length*010
