Shooting Movies, and Playing Back Movies
03-Feb-2010
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Solution
This section describes how to shoot and play back movies.
CAUTION
- In this section, [PowerShot A495] is used as an example to explain the operations. Depending on your model, the position of buttons, screen indications, and setting items may vary.
1. Press the <Power> button on the camera.
2. Press the <Mode> (
) button.
) button.
3. The following screen will appear on the LCD monitor.
Operate the <directional button> to select 
the [Movie] (
) menu.
the [Movie] () menu.Press 
the <FUNC./SET> (
) button.
the <FUNC./SET> () button.4. The following screen appears.
The maximum shooting duration appears on the [LCD Monitor].
If the duration does not appear on the monitor, press the <MENU> (
) button , select the [Shooting] (
) tab, and then set the [Shooting Info] to [On].
) button , select the [Shooting] () tab, and then set the [Shooting Info] to [On].5. Hold the camera facing the subject, and press the <Zoom Button> to decide the size at which you want to capture the subject.
CAUTION
The optical zoom cannot be used during movie-recording. You can use the digital zoom, but images may appear coarse.
For details, please refer to the following page.
6. Press the <Shutter Button> halfway to focus.
When the camera focuses, it beeps twice, and the indicator lights in green.
7. Press the <Shutter Button> fully to start shooting.
When the camera starts shooting, [Elapsed Time] and [Rec] appear on the [LCD Monitor].
[Elapsed Time] and [Rec] appear on the [LCD Monitor].Once shooting begins, take your finger off the <Shutter Button>.
If you change the composition of your shot during shooting, the focus will stay the
same, but the brightness and tone will automatically adjust.
CAUTION
- Do not touch
the <Microphone> during shooting. - Please note that the sounds of camera operation are also recorded during shooting.
8. Press the <Shutter Button> fully again to stop shooting.
The camera beeps once and stops shooting.
The indicator blinks in green, and the movie is recorded to the memory card.
NOTE
- Shooting will automatically stop when the memory card is full.
- Recording will automatically stop when either the clip file size reaches 4 GB or the recording time reaches approximately 1 hour.
- Recording may stop even if the maximum clip length has not been reached on some memory cards. SD Speed Class 4 or higher memory cards are recommended.
For the details on the approximate length of movies that can be recorded on a memory card, please refer to the following page.
9. Press the <Playback> (
) button.
) button.
10. The last image you shot appears.
(
) appears on the movies.To select a movie, operate the <directional buttons> left or right to display the movie that you want to play back.
Press the <FUNC./SET> () button.
the <FUNC./SET> () button.11. Play back the movie.
Operate the <directional buttons> left or right to select [Play] (
).
[Play] ().Operate the <directional buttons> up or down to adjust the sound volume.
the sound volume.Press the <FUNC./SET> () button to play back the movie.
the <FUNC./SET> () button to play back the movie.Press the <FUNC./SET> () button again to pause the movie.
) button again to pause the movie.NOTE
- You can adjust the sound volume even while a movie is being played back by operating the <directional buttons> up or down.
- You can use your computer to play back movies. For details, please refer to the following pages.