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The Movie Menu

Movie options and Electronic VR (A 58) settings can be changed from the movie menu. Press d in movie mode to display the movie menu and use the multi selector to modify and apply settings.

Selecting Movie OptionsThe movie menu offers the options shown below.

Option Image size and frame rate

J TV movie 640P(default setting)

Image size: 640 480 pixelsFrame rate: 30 frames per second

L Small size 320PImage size: 320 240 pixelsFrame rate: 30 frames per second

S Small size 320Image size: 320 240 pixelsFrame rate: 15 frames per second

N Time-lapse movieP

The camera automatically takes pictures at intervals and joins them into a silent movie.Image size: 640 480 pixelsFrame rate: 30 frames per second

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C Movie Options and Maximum Movie Length and Frames

* Movies can be as long as free space in the internal memory or on the memory card allows. All figures are approximate. Maximum movie length or frames varies with make of memory card. The maximum file size for a single movie is 2 GB. Therefore, the 2 GB maximum movie length will be displayed even when memory cards with greater capacities are used.

D More InformationSee Image/Sound File and Folder Names (A 116) for more information.

w Electronic VRChoose whether to use electronic VR (vibration reduction) when shooting movies.

An indicator appears in the monitor when electronic VR is enabled (A 6). (There is no indicator for when the setting is Off.)

Option Internal memory (approx.52 MB)

Memory card (256 MB)

J TV movie 640P(default setting)

47 sec. 3 min. 40 sec.

L Small size 320P 1 min. 34 sec. 7 min. 20 sec.

S Small size 320 3 min. 4 sec. 14 min. 30 sec.

N Time-lapse movieP(A 59)

555 frames 1,800 frames per movie

Option Description

x OnReduce the effects of camera shake in all movie modes except Time-lapse movieP.

k Off (default setting) Disable electronic VR.

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Time-Lapse MoviesRecord flowers opening or butterflies emerging from cocoons.

1 Use the multi selector to choose Movie options from the movie menu and press k.

2 Choose Time-lapse movieP and press k.

3 Choose the interval between shots and press k.Choose from intervals between 30 seconds and 60 minutes.

4 Press d.The camera returns to shooting mode.

5 Press the shutter-release button all the way down to start recording.Monitor turns off and power-on lamp blinks between shots.Monitor reactivates automatically for the next shot.

6 Press the shutter-release button all the way down a second time to end recording.Recording will automatically stop if the internal memory or memory card becomes full, or when 1,800 frames have been recorded. A 1,800-frame movie has a playback time of 60 seconds.

Movie

Exit

Movie optionsElectronic VR

Movie options

Exit

Time-lapse movieSmall size 320

TV movie 640Small size 320

Set interval time30 s1 m5 m10 m30 m

Exit

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B Time-Lapse Movie Flash mode (A 28), macro mode (A 31), and exposure compensation (A 32) cannot be adjusted

after the first picture is taken. Apply the appropriate settings before shooting begins. To prevent the camera from turning off unexpectedly during recording, use a fully charged battery

or the AC Adapter EH-62D (sold separately).