Enjoying Movies; Shooting Movies - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P7 Operating Instructions Manual

Shooting movies

Mode dial:
You can shoot movies (MPEG movies).
Before operation
Set [MOVING IMAGE] to [MPEG
MOVIE] in the SET UP settings (pages 52,
93).
Control button
MENU
Mode dial
Shutter button
DSPL/LCD ON/OFF
a Set the mode dial to
b Press MENU.
The menu appears.
c Select
b/B, and select the desired
mode using v/V.
You can choose from 320 (HQX),
320×240, or 160×112.
See page 88 for the recording time
allowed for each screen size.
d Press the shutter button fully
down.
"RECORDING" appears on the screen
and the camera starts recording the
image.
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• When the capacity of the "Memory Stick"
is used up, recording stops.
• For details on the recording time for
movies, see page 88.
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e Press the shutter button fully
down again to stop recording.
(IMAGE SIZE) using
min
160
REC 0:01[ 5:28]

Enjoying movies

Indicators on the screen while
you are shooting movies
These indicators are not recorded.
Each time you press DSPL/LCD ON/OFF,
the status of the LCD screen changes as
follows: Indicators OFF t LCD OFF t
Indicators ON. See page 100 for a detailed
description of the indicated items.
To shoot close-ups (Macro)
Set the mode dial to and follow the
procedure on page 24.
To shoot with a self-timer
Set the mode dial to and follow the
procedure on page 25.
• You cannot use a flash.
• You cannot write the date and time on the
image.
• You cannot use the zoom while shooting
movies.
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