Olympus C-211 - Manual (Page 128)

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Movie shooting speed, length, and image size
• The camera shoots movies at 15 frames per second.
• The camera can continue to shoot a movie for up to about 15 seconds, provided that
there is sufficient free space on the card.
• Movie image size is 320
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240 pixels.
Shooting hints
Start shooting a few moments before the action starts, and stop shooting a few
moments after it ends. This will ensure that you don’t miss any of the action at the
beginning or end of the scene. After you finish shooting you can go back and trim off
the extra frames at the beginning and end (see page 145).
Shooting Movies (continued)
CAUTION
• Never open the card compartment cover or cut off the power supply (remove the
batteries or disconnect the AC adapter) while the processing gauge is still visible on
the monitor, as this may cause loss of data in the card.
HELP
• Movie quality may not be as good as still-image quality.
• The actual movie area is smaller than the image area that you frame in the monitor.
The borders of the movie will be somewhat inside the image you viewed when
shooting.
• In some cases you may notice bands of light along the top and bottom of the monitor.
This is not a malfunction.
• You can use the camera’s zoom features while shooting. But note that zoom will
operate more slowly than it does with stills.
• The flash does not operate when you are shooting a movie.
• The digital telephoto feature does not operate while you are shooting a movie.