Canon EOS 5D MARK II Instruction Manual page 49

P,_,Shooting Movies
Notes for movie shooting
] A single movie file will be recorded for each movie shot.
_, During movie shooting, the top, bottom, left, and right 9arts of the screen
wil! have a semi-transparent mask. The image area surrounded by the
mask is what will be recorded in the movie. The semi-transparent mask
size will change depending on the [Movie rec. size] setting (p.1391.
Monaural sound is recorded by the camera's built-in microphone (p.128).
Stereo sound recording is possible by connecting an external
microphone (commercially available) equipped with a stereo mini plug
(3.5mm dia.) to the camera's external microphone IN terminal _p.16). Do
not connect the camera's external microphone IN terminal to anything
other than an external microphone.
If [Screen settings] has been set to [Movie display], the depth-of-field
oreview button will net work.
You can use the Remote Controller RC-6. RC-I. or RC-5 (sold
separately, p.102) to start and stop the movie shooting. With RC-6 or
RC-I. set the timing switch to <2> (2-sec. delay), then press the transmit
button. If the switch is set to <0> (immediate shooting), still photo
shooting will take effect.
If you playback the movie with "Shooting information display" (p.135), the
shooting mode. shutter speed, and aperture will not be displayed. The
image information Exif) will record the settings used at the start of the
movie shooting.
With a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E6, the total movie recording time
wil! be as follows: At 23°C/73°F: Approx. 1 hr. 30 rain.. At 0°C/32°F:
Approx. 1 hr. 20 rain.
With ZoomBrewser EX/lmageBrowser (provided software), you can
extract a still photo from the movie. The still photo quality will be as
follows: Approx. 2.07 megapixels at [1920x1080] and approx. 310,000
pixels at [640x480].
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