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Live View Shooting CautionsNotes About the Shooting ResultsWhen you shoot continuously with the Live View function for a long 
period, the camera’s internal temperature may increase and it can 
degrade image quality. Terminate Live View shooting when not shooting 
images.
 Before taking a long exposure, stop  Live View shooting temporarily and 
wait several minutes before shooting. This is to prevent image 
degradation.
 Live View shooting in high temper atures and at high ISO speeds may 
cause...

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Shooting Movies
Movie shooting is enabled by 
setting the Live View shooting/
Movie shooting switch to . 
The movie file format will be 
MOV.
When shooting movies, use a large-capacity card 
having a read/write speed of at least 8 MB/sec.
If you use a slow card when shooting movies, the movie might not 
be recorded properly. Also, if you playback movies on a card 
having a slow read/write speed, movie might not playback properly.
To check the card’s read/write speed, refer to the card...

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Connecting the camera to a TV set is recommended to playback movies (p.184-185).
When the shooting mode is set to a shooting mode other than , 
autoexposure control will take effect to fit the scene current brightness. 
Autoexposure control will be the same for all shooting modes.
1Set the Live View shooting/Movie 
shooting switch to .
The reflex mirror will make a sound, 
then the image will appear on the 
LCD monitor.
2Focus the subject.
 Before shooting a movie, autofocus 
or manual focus...

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k Shooting Movies
Cautions for movie shooting are on pages 163-164.
 If necessary, also read the Live View shooting cautions on pages 
150 and 151.
You can also focus by pressing the < p> button.
 One continuous movie will be recorded as one file.
 During movie shooting, the top, bottom, left, and right parts of the screen 
will have a semi-transparent mask. The area enclosed by the semi-
transparent mask will be the movie image that is recorded. The semi-
transparent mask size will change...

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k Shooting Movies
Each time you press the < B> button, the information display will 
change.
About the Information Display
Magnifying frame
AE lock
ISO speed
Shots remaining
Exposure compensation amount Aperture
Shutter speed
Picture Style
Battery checkExposure 
simulation
White balance
Image-recording qualityAF point 
(Quick mode)
AF mode
• d : Live mode
• c : Face detection Live 
mode
• f : Quick mode
Movie-recording size
Movie shooting remaining 
time/Elapsed time
Recording movie
Auto Lighting...

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k Shooting Movies
When the shooting mode is  (p.106), you can 
manually set the shutter speeds, aperture, and ISO 
speeds shown below and shoot a movie. Using manual 
exposure to shoot movies is for advanced users.
Shutter speed : Turn the  dial. The settable shutter speeds 
depend on the frame rate < 9>.
• 7  / 8 : 1/4000 sec. - 1/60 sec.
•  4  / 5  / 6 : 1/4000 sec. - 1/30 sec.
Aperture : Set the Quick Control Dial switch to < J>, and turn the 
< 5 > dial.
ISO speed : Press the  button, then turn...

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k Shooting Movies
You can take a still photo at anytime by 
pressing the shutter button completely, 
even during movie shooting.
Taking still photos during movie shooting
The still photo will record the entire screen including the semi-
transparent mask.
 If you take a still photo during movi e shooting, the movie will have a 
still moment lasting about 1 sec.
 The captured still photo will be recorded to the card, and the movie 
shooting will resume automatically when the Live View image is...

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If you press the , , or  button while the 
image is displayed on the LCD moni tor, the setting screen will appear 
on the LCD monitor and you can turn the < 6> or  dial to set the 
respective function. Note that the < q> metering mode cannot be set.
If the shooting mode is < a>, you can press the < m> button and 
turn the < 6> dial to set the ISO speed.
With the image displayed on the LCD monitor, you can press the < Q> 
button to set the Auto Lighting Optimizer, image-recording quality for 
still...

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Function settings particular to movie 
shooting are explained here. When the 
Live View shooting/Movie shooting 
switch is set to , the menu will 
show the [x ] tab. The menu options 
are as follows.
The AF mode will be the same as described on pages 142-148. You can 
select [Live mode ], [u Live mode], or [Quick mode ]. Note that 
continuous focusing of a movi ng subject is not possible.
With [ Grid 1 l] or [Grid 2 m], you can display grid lines.
[1920x1080 ] : Full HD (Full High-Definition)...
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