Canon Eos M Instruction Manual

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7Shoot the first video snapshot.
Press the < o> (Movie start/stop) 
button to shoot a movie.
The blue bar indicating the shooting 
duration will gradually decrease. After 
the set shooting duration elapses, the 
shooting stops automatically.
After the LCD monitor turns off and the 
Power/access lamp blinks, the 
confirmation screen will appear (p.192).
8Save as a video snapshot album.
 Press the < ZO > button to select 
[J Save as album ], then press .
The movie clip...

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[Playback video snapshot] Operations
*With [ Skip backward] or [ Skip forward], the skipping duration will correspond to the 
number of seconds set under [ Video snapshot] (approx. 2 sec., 4 sec., or 8 sec.).
FunctionDescription
J Save as album  (Step 8)The movie clip will be saved as the video 
snapshot album’s first video snapshot.
J Add to album  (Step 9)The video snapshot just recorded will be added 
to the album recorded immediately before.
W...

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1Select [Add to existing album].
Follow step 4 on page 190 to select 
[Add to existing album ], then press 
< Q /0 >.
2Select an existing album.
Press the < YA >/< ZO > button to 
select an album, then press < Q/
0 >.
 Select [ OK] on the dialog screen, 
then press < Q/0 >.
Certain video snapshot settings will 
change to match the existing album’s 
settings.
 Press the < M> button to exit the 
menu and return to the movie 
shooting screen.
3Shoot the video snapshot.
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You can play back a completed album in the same way as a normal 
movie (p.239).
1Play back the movie.
 Press the < x> button to display 
images.
2Select the album.
  Press the < YA >/< ZO > button to 
select an album.
 
On the single-image display, the [] 
icon displayed on the upper left indicates 
that the image is a video snapshot.
3Play back the album.
  Tap the [ Z] (Play) icon at the center 
of the screen or tap the [ ] and 
then tap the [ Z] (Play) icon on the 
movie...

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After shooting, you can rearrange, delete, or play back the video 
snapshots in the album.
1On the playback panel, select [ X] 
(Edit).
The editing screen will be displayed.
2Select an editing operation.
 Tap the icon of the editing operation 
or press the < YA >/< ZO > button 
to select an editing operation, then 
press < Q/0 >.
Editing an Album
FunctionDescription
 Move snapshot
Tap the video snapshot you want to move or press the 
< Y A >/< ZO > button to select the...

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3Save the edited album.
Press the < M> button to return to 
the Editing panel at the screen’s 
bottom.
 Tap the [W ] (Save) icon or press the 
< Y A >/ button to select [ W] 
(Save), then press < Q/0 >.
The save screen will appear.
 To save it as a new movie, select 
[New file ]. To save it and overwrite 
the original movie file, select 
[Overwrite ], then press < Q/0 >.
Background Music
Music recorded on the memory card must be used only for private 
enjoyment. Do not...

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When you set the Mode Dial to , the [ Z1] tab will show functions dedicated to movie shooting. The menu options are as follows.
[Z 1] menu
Movie recording size
You can set the image size and frame rate. For details, see pages 
187-188.
 Sound recording
Normally, the built-in microphone will 
record stereo sound. If a commercially-
available microphone equipped with a 
mini plug (3.5 mm diameter) is 
connected to the camera’s external 
microphone IN terminal (p.22), it will be 
given priority....

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[Manual] : For advanced users. You can adjust the recording 
level manually.
Select [Rec. level] and while looking at the level 
meter, press the / button to adjust. 
The loudest sound will be displayed for approx. 3 sec. 
Adjust so that the level meter on the right of “12” lights 
up occasionally. If the level meter lights up near “0”, 
the sound may be distorted.
[Disable ] : Sound is not recorded.
[Wind filter ]
When set to [ Enable], it reduces wind noise when there...

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Movie Servo AF
The default setting is [ Enable]. You can focus by pressing the 
shutter button halfway regardless of the setting.
• When [Enable] is set:
• You can shoot a movie while focusing a moving subject  continuously. Note that the camera may record the lens operation 
noise. To reduce the recording of the lens operation noise, use a 
commercially-available external microphone. Using the EF-S 18-
135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM or EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens 
will...

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AF with shutter button during  k (movie recording)
When you press the shutter button while shooting a movie, you can 
shoot a still photo. The default setting is [ ONE SHOT].
• When [ONE SHOT] is set:
• You can refocus and shoot a still photo by pressing the shutter  button halfway while shooting a movie.
• When shooting a static subject (not moving), you can take a  picture with precise focus.
• When [Disable] is set:
• You can immediately start shooting a still photo...