•
To set up the camera
to shoot with
Prerecord
Movie
1. In the REC mode, set the mode dial to =@ (HD/STD)
or =(_ (HS).
Select the movie mode you want to use.
2.
Press [A].
3.
Use [A]
and [V]
to select
the third
control
panel option
from
the
bottom
(Prerecord
(Movie)).
4.
Use [,]
and [,]
to select "Prerecord
(Movie):
On" and then press
[SET].
This causes []
(Prerecord (Movie)) to appear on the monitor screen, indicating
that the camera is prerecording
to its buffer.
To turn off Prerecord (Movie), select "Prerecord
(Movie): Off".
• To shoot a Prerecord Movie
1.
With the camera
pointed
at the subject,
half-press
and hold the shutter
button.
Movie images will be pre-recorded
to the five-second
buffer only while the shutter
button is maintained in the half-press position.
• When using Prerecord Movie in combination with high speed movie, the buffer
will store two seconds of pre-recording
instead of the usual five.
• If you release the half-pressed shutter button before pressing it the rest of the
way down, all of the pre-recorded
images currently in the buffer will be deleted.
2.
When you are ready to start real-time
recording,
press the shutter
button the rest of the way down.
3.
Press the shutter button again to stop recording.
• When shooting with the high speed movie "30-120 fps" and "30-240 fps"
setting, you cannot change the speed (fps) setting when recording while the
shutter button is half-pressed
(while recording to the buffer). You can change
the speed (fps) setting after you press the shutter button all the way down to
start real-time recording.
_NOTE
• Focus is locked while the shutter button is half-pressed
when Prerecord (Movie) is
turned on and optical zoom is turned off, or when Prerecord (Movie) is turned off.
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Recording Movies