Olympus E-PL1 - Manual (Page 11)

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Names of parts and functions
Basic guide
Shutter button R (movie) button
Mode Photos: shutter button Movies: R (movie) button
P
Aperture and shutter speed
are automatically adjusted for
optimal results. •
The camera adjusts aperture and
shutter speed automatically. •
A You control aperture. •
S You control shutter speed. •
M
You control aperture and shutter
speed. •
A
A full auto mode in which the
camera automatically optimizes
settings for the current scene. •
ART Select an art fi lter. •
SCN Select a scene. •
n
Photographs are recorded at the
settings selected for movies. • Shoot movies using art fi lter or
aperture and shutter speed effects. •
To take a photograph during movie recording, press the shutter button. Three fi les
will be recorded to the memory card: the movie footage preceding the photograph,
the photograph itself, and the movie footage following the photograph. Press the
R
(movie) button to end recording.
Only one photograph can be taken at a time during movie recording; the self-timer
and fl ash can not be used.
Pressing the
R (movie) button during sequential shooting ends shooting. A movie
is not recorded.
Image size and quality for photographs are independent of movie frame size.
The autofocus and metering used in movie mode may differ from that used to take
photographs.
Pressing the
R (movie) button during any of the following will end shooting without
recording a movie:
Sequential shooting/PANORAMA/multiple exposure/bracketing, etc
The
R (movie) button can not be used to record movies in the following instances:
BULB/shutter button pressed halfway/playback zoom/PANORAMA, etc
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