Movie Recording - Minolta Dimage Dimage Xi Instruction Manual

Movie recording

The movie-recording drive mode is selected in the basic section of the recording-mode
menu (p. 28). Movie clips up to approximately thirty-five seconds in length with audio
can be recorded. The movie image is 320 X 240 pixels (QVGA) and is recorded at a
rate of around 340KB/s. Approximately one 41-second movie clip can be stored on one
16MB memory card.
Shooting digital video is simple. Frame the picture on the LCD monitor. Press and release the
shutter-release button to begin recording (1); "Rec" will be displayed during
recording. The camera will continue to record until the recording time is used or
the shutter-release button is pressed again.
When recording, the frame counter will countdown the recording
time. Take care not to cover the microphone while recording.
During recording, focus is locked and the optical zoom is
disabled. However, a stepless 4X digital zoom can be used with
the zoom lever.
The optical zoom position, exposure
compensation, and white balance must be set
before recording.
a
After recording, a screen will
appear indicating the movie clip
is being saved to the memory
card. Never remove the memory
card or disconnect the power
supply while the clip is being
saved.
Saving to card.
Stand-by
Recording
1
Maximum recording time
for the next clip.
Recording indicator
Remaining recording time
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