Shooting A Movie - Canon Digital IXUS 300 User Manual

46 Shooting

Shooting a Movie

Use the movie mode to shoot movie clips.
• Be careful not to touch the microphone while recording.
• The exposure compensation, focus, white balance and zoom
settings remained fixed at the values selected for the first frame.
• After a clip is shot, the upper indicator will flash green while the
clip is being written to the CF card. You cannot shoot until the
flashing stops.
• The digital zoom, flash, continuous shooting mode and
compression settings cannot be selected for movies.
• Turn the mode dial to the
• The LCD monitor will turn on and
display the recordable seconds
remaining.
• Press the shutter button fully to start
recording images and sounds.
• A red dot and recorded time (in
seconds) will appear on the LCD
monitor while recording is in process.
• The maximum length of a movie clip
(at approximately 20 frames/second)
is approximately 4 seconds (
seconds, (( ) or 30 seconds (
(according to standard Canon testing
conditions). These times may vary
with the subject and shooting
conditions. Recording will automati-
cally stop when the maximum time is
reached or when the CF card runs
out of free capacity.
• Recording will stop when the shutter
button is pressed again while a movie
is recording.
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