My Camera > Shooting modes731 Set the desired options. If [U] is set to Movie STBY, press [U] to enter the Videorecording standby mode.2 Press (Video recording) to start recording. Video recording may not be supported depending on the selectedshooting options.3 Press (Video recording) again to stop. High-efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) is the latest video encoding formatestablished in 2013 collaboratively by ISO-IEC and ITU-T. Because this formatuses a high compression rate, more data can be saved in less memory space.Depending on your computer‘s specifications and interface, files may notplay at full resolution due to the high compression rate on some computers.To view the file in HEVC format, you need a device or program with installedHEVC codecs. When recording 4K or UHD video, the angle of view becomes narrower.(Effective angle of view: approx. 4K 1.68 times, UHD 1.77 times the focallength) If you have the image stabilizer option on when shooting a movie, thecamera may record the sound of the image stabilizer working. When recording a video, the camera may record the sounds of the zoom orother lens adjustments. When using an optional video lens, the autofocus noise is not recorded. If you remove the camera lens while recording a movie, the recording will beinterrupted. Do not change the lens while recording. You can set the ISO sensitivity up to ISO 6400 when recording a video.Recording a videoIn Shooting mode, you can record 4K videos (up to 4096X2160) bypressing (Video recording). (p. 189) The camera saves video in HEVCformat. When you record a video at 640X480 (MJPEG), the video willbe saved in AVI format. To view HEVC files, you must have a device orprogram with HEVC codecs installed. Sound is recorded via the camera’smicrophone.You can set the exposure by adjusting the aperture value and shutterspeed for the mode you selected. When you use a lens that does not havean AF/MF switch while recording a video, press [F] to select a desiredAF mode. If the lens has an AF/MF switch, set the switch according to theselected focus mode. Set the switch to AF when you select Single AF orContinuous AF. Set the switch to MF when you select Manual Focus.Press [f] to switch between AF and MF while recording a video. Pressthe AEL button to use the focus lock function (when the AFL function isassigned to the AEL button).Select Fader to fade a scene in or out. You can also select Voice, Wind Cut,or other options. (p. 123)While recording a video, touch to select a touch AF option. If you selectTouch AF, you can hold the camera‘s focus on a subject by touching thesubject on the screen. If you select Tracking AF, the focus tracks andautomatically focuses on your subject, even when the subject is moving orwhen you change the picture composition.
