Making Short Movies Automatically (Movie Digest) - Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Getting Started

Making Short Movies Automatically
(Movie Digest)
You can make a short movie of a day just by taking still images.
Each time you take a picture, the scene just before taking your shot will be
recorded as a movie. All the movies recorded that day will be saved as a
single file.
What if a movie is not recorded?
If you take a picture just after turning on the camera, selecting
otherwise operating the camera, a movie may not be recorded.
Viewing movies made with Movie Digest mode
You can select movies made in
• Since you are also shooting movies when you shoot still images, the
battery will be depleted more quickly than in A mode.
• The image quality will be fixed at
• In the following cases, movies will be saved as separate files even if they
were made on the same day with
- If the clip file size reaches 4 GB or the recording time reaches approximately
1 hour
- If the movie is protected (p. 128)
- If the Time Zone setting is changed (p. 163)
- If a new folder is created (p. 162)
• If you operate the camera while shooting a movie, the sounds made will
be recorded in the movie.
• The camera will not play sounds, such as when pressing the shutter
button halfway, using the controls or the self-timer (p. 158).
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Choose .
Follow Steps 1 – 2 on p. 61 to choose
Shoot.
Press the shutter button fully to shoot a still
image.
A movie of approx. 2 – 4 sec. will be
recorded just before the image is taken.
mode by date for viewing (p. 121).
for movies made in
mode.
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mode or
mode.