Shooting Movies - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Help Manual

Help Guide
Digital Still Camera
DSC-HX99

Shooting movies

You can record movies by pressing the MOVIE (Movie) button.
Press the MOVIE button to start recording.
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Since the [MOVIE Button] is set to [Always] in the default setting, movie recording can be started from any
shooting mode.
Press the MOVIE button again to stop recording.
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Hint
You can assign the start/stop movie recording function to a preferred key. MENU →
Key] → set [MOVIE] to the preferred key.
When you want to specify the area to be focused on, set the area using [Focus Area].
To keep the focus on a face, arrange the composition so that the focusing frame and face detection frame overlap, or set the
[Focus Area] to [Wide].
To adjust the shutter speed and aperture value to the desired settings, set the shooting mode to
desired exposure mode.
An icon indicating that data is being written is displayed after shooting. Do not remove the memory card while the icon is
displayed.
The following settings for still image shooting are applied to the movie shooting:
White Balance
Creative Style
Metering Mode
Face Priority in AF
Face Prty in Mlti Mtr
D-Range Opt.
You can change the settings for ISO sensitivity, exposure compensation, and focus area while shooting movies.
While shooting movies, the recorded image can be output without the shooting information display by setting [HDMI Info. Display]
to [Off].
Note
You cannot record still images during movie recording.
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(Camera Settings2) → [
(Movie) and select the
Custom