Setting Guide(Movie Edition)
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Making Movies: Workflow, Continued
Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix
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Start recording.
If you are using autofocus, focus before shooting. At default
settings, the camera automatically detects and focuses on
faces (! face-priority AF); to focus instead on a selected
area of the frame, choose a dierent AF-area mode (
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To refocus, tap your subject in the monitor (you can also
refocus using the AF‑ON button or by pressing the shutter-
release button halfway).
AF‑ON button
To focus in manual focus mode, rotate the lens focus ring. If
focus peaking is enabled (
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35), objects that are in focus
will be indicated by colored outlines, making focus easier
to verify.
To start recording, press the movie-record button. If Record
movies is selected for Custom Setting g1 (Custom control
assignment)> Shutter release button (
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stead start and end recording using the shutter-release
button or an optional remote cord or wireless remote con-
troller.
Movie-record button
See the following for additional information:
Time-Lapse Movie Techniques ................
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Slow-Motion Movies ...................................
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HDMI Output .................................................
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End recording.
Press the movie-record button again to end recording, then press the a button to end live view.
Movie-record button
a button