Shooting Movies - Canon Powershot A450 Advanced User's Manual

Lens will not retract.
Memory card slot/battery
cover was opened with
power on.

Shooting movies

The recording time may not display properly or
shooting may stop unexpectedly.
The following types of
memory cards are used.
- Slow recording cards.
- Cards formatted on a
different camera or a
computer.
- Cards which have had
images recorded and
erased repeatedly.
"!" displayed on the LCD monitor in red and
shooting automatically stopped.
There is insufficient free
space in the camera's built-
in memory.
Zoom does not operate.
The zoom was operated
while a movie was being
recorded.
After closing the memory card slot/
battery cover, turn the power on
then back off (Basic Guide p. 5).
Although the recording time may
not display properly during
shooting, the movie will be
recorded correctly on the memory
card. Recording time will display
properly if you format the memory
card in this camera (excluding
slow recording memory cards)
(p. 25).
Try the following procedures.
- Format the card with a low level
format before shooting (p. 25)
- Lower the recording pixels (p. 34)
- Use a high-speed memory card
(SDC-512MSH, etc.)
Operate the zoom before shooting
in movie mode (Basic Guide
p. 12). The digital zoom, however,
can be used during recording
(Standard mode only).
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