Shooting Movies - Olympus Camedia C-3040Zoom Instructions Manual

Shooting movies

Use this mode to record pictures and sound at the same time. You can also
set the camera not to record sound. (P.124)
1
Set the Mode dial to "
2
Compose the shot by looking
at the image on the monitor.
3
Press the shutter button down
halfway. The camera locks the
focus and exposure and the green
lamp beside the viewfinder lights.
To focus on a subject that is
not in the center of the shot,
use focus lock. (P.78)
If the green lamp blinks, the
focus and exposure are not
locked. See "Focusing on dif-
ficult subjects (subjects not
suited to autofocus)" on P.76.
4
To begin shooting, press the
shutter button down fully. To
stop shooting, press the
shutter button again.
The remaining seconds dis-
play on the monitor shows the
available shooting time.
The bottom of the memory
gauge on the monitor lights
and the camera starts record-
ing the movie to the card.
Once you have been shooting
for more than 1 second, the cen-
ter of the memory gauge lights.
When the memory buffer
becomes full, the top of the
memory gauge lights and you
can no longer shoot.
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2
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F2.0 1/800 0.0
Available shooting time
Memory gauge
4
Shutter button
Shooting
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3
AF target mark
2
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