Enjoying Movies; Shooting Movies - Sony DSC-F717 Operating Instructions (primary manual) Operating Instructions Manual

Shooting movies

Mode dial:
You can shoot movies using your camera.
Before starting
Set [MOVING IMAGE] to [MPEG
MOVIE] in the SET UP settings (pages 42
and 110).
Mode dial
MENU
Shutter
Control button
a Set the mode dial to
b Press MENU.
The menu appears.

Enjoying movies

c Select
then select the desired mode
with v/V.
You can choose from 320 (HQX),
320×240 or 160×112.
For details on the recording time for
each image size, see page 105.
d Press the shutter button fully
down.
"REC" appears on the screen and the
camera starts recording the image and
sound.
60min
REC 00:00:24[ 00:24:35]
• Recording stops when the "Memory
Stick" is full.
e Press the shutter button fully
down again to stop recording.
.
Indicators during shooting
• The screen indicators are not recorded.
• For a detailed description of the indicators, see
page 119.
• A histogram is not displayed.
(IMAGE SIZE) with b,
101
160
Shooting close-ups (Macro)
Set the mode dial to and follow the
procedure on page 24.
Using the self-timer
Set the mode dial to and follow the
procedure on page 25.
• The flash does not function when shooting
movies.
• The date and time are not superimposed onto
movies.
• When shooting movies (MPEG MOVIE) with
Multipoint AF, the distance to the center of the
screen is estimated as an average, so the AF
works even with a certain amount of vibration.
The Focus range select function (Center, Left,
Right, Bottom and Top) focuses automatically
using only the selected AF range finder. This is
convenient when you want to focus only on the
subject.
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