Canon 1dx Owners Manual

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k Shooting Movies
 AEB cannot be used.
  Even if an external Speedlit e is used, it will not fire.
  Continuous still photo shooting is  possible during movie shooting. 
However, the captured  images will not be displayed on the screen. 
Depending on the still photo’s image- recording quality, number of shots 
during continuous shooting, card performance, et c., the movie shooting 
may stop automatically.
  If [z 5: Movie shoot. btn ] is set to [V/o ], still photo shooting is not 
possible.
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If you press the , , , < i >, , or 
< B > button while the image is disp layed on the LCD monitor, the 
setting screen will appear on the LC D monitor and you can turn the 
< 6 > or < 5> dial to set the respective function.
When  f is set, you can press the < S> button to select the AF area 
selection mode and AF point. The pr ocedure is the same as with 
viewfinder shooting. During manual -exposure shooting (p.225), you can 
press the < i> button to set the ISO speed.
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With [z4: Movie rec. size ], you can set 
the movie’s image size, frame rate per 
second, and compression method. The 
frame rate switches automatically 
depending on the [ 53: Video system ] 
setting.
  Image size
A  [1920x1080 ] : Full High-Definition (F ull HD) recording quality. 
The aspect ratio will be 16:9.
B  [1280x720] : High-Definition (HD) recording quality. 
The aspect ratio will be 16:9.
C  [640x480 ] : Standard-definition recording quality.
The aspect ratio will be 4:3.
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3 Setting the Movie-Recording Size
 About Movies Exceeding 4 GB
Even if you shoot a movie exceed ing 4 GB, you can keep shooting 
without interruption.
During movie shooting, approx. 30 sec. before the movie reaches 
the 4 GB file size, the elapsed shoo ting time or time code displayed 
in the movie-shooting image will st art blinking. If you keep shooting 
until the movie file size exceeds 4 GB, a new movie file will be 
created automatically and the elap sed shooting time or time code 
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3 Setting the Movie-Recording Size
 An increase of the ca mera’s internal temperature may cause movie 
shooting to stop befo re the maximum recording time shown on the 
preceding page (p.243).
  Even if [ Record func. ] is set to [Auto switch card ], the card cannot be 
switched automatically  during movie shooting.
About Full HD 1080Full HD 1080 indicates compat ibility with High-Definition 
featuring 1080 vertical  pixels (scanning lines).
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You can shoot movies while recording 
sound with the built-in monaural 
microphone or with a commercially-
available stereo microphone. You can 
also freely adjust the sound-recording 
level.
Set the sound recording with [z4: 
Sound recording ].
[Auto] : The sound-recording level is  adjusted automatically. Auto 
level control will operate automat ically in response to the 
sound level.
[Manual ] : For advanced users. You c an adjust the sound recording 
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3 Setting the Sound Recording
 Using the microphone
The built-in microphone records mo naural sound. Stereo sound 
recording is possible by connecting an external stereo microphone 
(commercially-available) equipped with a miniature stereo plug (3.5 
mm) to the camera’s external  microphone IN terminal (p.21). When 
an external microphone is connect ed, sound recording will switch 
automatically to the external microphone.
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This function is convenient when you want to change the ISO speed, 
sound-recording level, etc., silently while shooting a movie.
When [z5: Silent Control ] is set to 
[Enable  h], you can use the touch pad 
< h > on the inner ring of the Quick 
Control Dial.
You can operate the camera silently just 
by touching the top, bottom, left, or right 
of < h>.
During movie shooting, you can press 
< Q > to display the Quick Control screen 
and change the settings below with 
< h >.
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The time code is a time reference 
recorded automatically to synchronize 
the video and audio during movie 
shooting. It is recorded at all times in the 
following units: hours, minutes, seconds, 
and frames. It is mainly used during 
movie editing.
Set the time code with [z5: Time code ].
[Rec run ] : The time code counts up only while you are shooting 
a movie.
[Free run ] : The time code counts up w hether you are shooting or 
not.
You can set the time code’s start time.
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3 Setting the Time Code
You can select what to display on the movie playback screen.
[Rec time ] : Displays the recording time and playback time during 
movie playback.
[Time code ] : Displays the time code during movie playback.
If the frame rate setting is  6(29.97 fps) or  8(59.94 fps), the time 
code’s frame count causes a discr epancy between the actual time and 
time code. This discrepancy can be corrected automatically. This 
correction function is called drop frame.
[Enable ] : The...