Enjoying Movies; Shooting Movies - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-FX77 Operating Instructions Manual

Shooting movies

MODE dial:
You can shoot movies (MPEG movies).
Before operation
Set [MOVING IMAGE] to [MPEG
MOVIE] in the SET UP settings (pages 44,
101).
Control button
Shutter button
DSPL/LCD ON/OFF
a Set the MODE dial to
b Press MENU.
The menu appears.
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c Select
d Press the shutter button fully
MODE dial
MENU
e Press the shutter button fully
.
(IMAGE SIZE) with b/
B, and select the desired mode
with v/V.
You can choose from 320 (HQX),
320×240, or 160×112.
See page 95 for the recording time
allowed for each image size.
down.
"REC" appears on the screen and the
camera starts recording the image and
sound.
60
min 101
160
REC 00:00:02 [ 00:10:48 ]
• When the capacity of the "Memory Stick"
is used up, recording stops.
down again to stop recording.

Enjoying movies

Indicators on the screen while
you are shooting movies
These indicators are not recorded.
Each time you press DSPL/LCD ON/OFF,
the status of the LCD screen changes as
follows: Indicators OFF t LCD OFF t
Indicators ON. See page 109 for a detailed
description of the indicated items.
To shoot close-ups (Macro)
Set the MODE dial to and follow the
procedure on page 25.
To shoot with a self-timer
Set the MODE dial to and follow the
procedure on page 26.
• Be careful not to touch the microphone (page 8)
during shooting.
• You cannot use a flash.
• In MPEG movie, the date and time cannot be
inserted.
• You cannot use the smart zoom while shooting
movies.