Enjoying Movies; Shooting Movies - Sony DSC-P71 Operating Instructions (primary manual) Operating Instructions Manual

Shooting movies

Mode dial:
You can shoot movies. Sound cannot be
recorded with movies.
Before starting
In [MOVING IMAGE] in SET UP, select
[MPEG MOVIE] (pages 55, 97).
Control button
MENU button
Mode dial
DISPLAY/LCD ON/OFF button
a Set the mode dial to
b Press the MENU button.
The menu appears.
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c Select
B, and select the desired mode
using v/V.
You can choose from 320 (HQX),
320×240, or 160×112.
See page 91 for the recording time
allowed for each screen size.
d Press the shutter all the way
down.
"RECORDING" appears on the screen
and the camera starts recording the
image.
• When the capacity of the "Memory Stick"
is used up, recording stops.
• For details on the recording time for
. movies, see page 91.
e Press the shutter all the way
down again to stop recording.
(Image size) using b/
140
160
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Enjoying movies

The message displayed on the
screen while you are shooting
It is not written onto the image.
Each time you press the DISPLAY/LCD
ON/OFF button, the status of the LCD
screen changes as follows: Display OFF t
LCD OFF t Display ON. See page 104
for a detailed description of the indicated
items.
To shoot close-ups (MACRO)
(DSC-P71 only)
Set the mode dial to and follow the
procedure on page 28.
To shoot with a self-timer
Set the mode dial to and follow the
procedure on page 29.
• You cannot use a flash.
• The date/time is not inserted.