Canon PowerShot A590IS Getting Started page 83

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Shoot.
• Pressing the shutter button halfway automatically sets the
exposure, focus and white balance settings.
• Pressing the shutter button fully starts recording video and
sound simultaneously.
• During shooting, the recording time and [ Rec] appear on the
LCD monitor.
• Pressing the shutter button fully again stops recording.
Recording will stop automatically under the following
circumstances.
- When the maximum recording time or maximum recording
capacity is reached
- When the built-in memory or memory card becomes full
You are recommended to use a memory card that has been
formatted in your camera to shoot movies (p. 141). The card
supplied with the camera may be used without further
formatting.
Be careful of the following while recording.
- Try not to touch the microphone (p. 40).
- Do not press any buttons other than the shutter button.
The sound that buttons make will be recorded in the movie.
- The camera will automatically adjust the exposure and
white balance to suit the shooting conditions during a
recording. Please note, however, that the sounds made by
the camera while automatically adjusting the exposure
may also be recorded.
The focus and optical zoom settings remain fixed for
subsequent frames at the values selected for the first frame.
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