Owner's Manual

Recording Movies

. To set up the camera to shoot with Prerecord Movie

1. In the REC mode, select the movie mode you want to use by setting the

movie mode switch to ³ (HD/STD) or © (HS).

2. Press [BS].

3. Use [8], [2], [4], and [6] to select the “Prerecord (Movie)” scene and

then press [SET].

This causes ‰ to appear on the monitor screen, indicating that the camera is

prerecording to its buffer.

. To shoot a Prerecord Movie

1. After using the above procedure to set up the camera for Prerecord

Movie, point the camera at the subject.

2. When you are ready to record, press [0].

This will save the approximately five seconds of action that was prerecorded in

the buffer before you pressed [0] (two seconds if you are using high speed

movie) and start real-time recording.

3. Press [0] again to stop recording.

• To turn off Prerecord Movie, press [BS] and then select R (Auto).

• When shooting with the high speed movie “30-210 fps” setting, you cannot

change the speed (fps) setting while the camera is pre-recording to the buffer

in step 1 of the above procedure. You can change the speed (fps) setting after

you press [0] to start real-time recording.

NOTE

• While the camera is set up for shooting with Prerecord Movie, pressing the shutter

button will not shoot a snapshot unless movie recording is in progress. With high-

definition (HD) and standard (STD) movie, you can shoot still images while realtime

movie recording is in progress.