Canon PowerShot SD870IS User Manual page 92

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90 i Various Shooting Methods
• Be careful of the following while recording.
- Do not touch the microphone (p. 38).
- Do not press any buttons other than the shutter button.
The sound that buttons make will be recorded in the
movie.
- The camera will automatically adjust the exposure and
white balance to suit the shooting conditions during
recording. Please note, however, that the sounds made
by the camera automatically adjusting the exposure may
also be recorded.
• The focus and optical zoom settings remain fixed for
subsequent frames at the values selected for the first frame.
_] • Before recording, you can set the AE lock and exposure
shift. This is effective on ski slopes and the beach when the
contrast is too strong between the subject and background
or where there are both light and dark areas in the scene
and it is desirable to adjust the exposure.
1. Press the [] button.The exposure will lock (AE lock) and
the exposure shift bar will appear in the LCD monitor.
2. Use the ÷ or ,_ button to adjust the exposure.Press the
[] button again to release the setting. Also, the setting
will be canceled if you press the MENU button or change
the white balance, My Colors or shooting mode settings.
• If you register the _ function with the _,_, button, you can
start shooting a movie simply by pressing the _,,,v button
even if the mode switch is setto O or Still (p. 122).
• QuickTime is required to play back movies (Data type: AVl/
Compression method: Motion JPEG) on a computer (Only
Windows 2000).