Sony DSC-P8 - Manual (Page 68)

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Shooting movies
Mode dial:
You can shoot movies using your camera.
Before starting
Set [Moving Image] to [MPEG Movie] in
the SET UP settings (pages 39 and 104).
a Set the mode dial to .
b Press (Image Size).
The Image Size setup appears.
c Select the desired size with v /
V .
You can choose from 640 (VGA) or
160 (Mail).
For details on the recording time for
each image size, see page 99.
d Press the shutter button fully
down.
“REC” appears on the screen and the
camera starts recording the image and
sound.
• Recording stops when the “Memory
Stick” is full.
e Press the shutter button fully
down again to stop recording.
Indicators during shooting
The screen indicators are not recorded.
Each time you press
, the status of the
LCD screen changes as follows: Indicators
off
t LCD screen off t Indicators on.
A histogram is not displayed.
For a detailed description of the indicators,
see page 113.
Shooting close-ups (Macro)
Set the mode dial to and follow the
procedure on page 24.
Using the self-timer
Set the mode dial to and follow the
procedure on page 25.
• Do not touch the microphone (page 8) during
shooting movies.
• You cannot use the flash.
• The date and time are not superimposed onto
movies.
• The zoom feature cannot be used while
shooting movies.
Mode dial
Control button
MENU
Shutter
REC 00:00:02[00:10:48]
101 VGA 60 min
Enjoying movies