Olympus E-PL1 - Manual (Page 56)

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Shooting and viewing movies
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Use the R (movie) button to record High Defi nition (HD) movies with sound.
g “Taking photographs/shooting movies” (P. 12)
In movie mode, you can create movies that take advantage of the effects available in
modes A and M. You can also customize camera settings to allow the shutter button
to be used to record movies (P. 80).
# Caution
When recording a movie, you cannot change the settings for exposure
compensation and aperture value, and shutter speed.
If [IMAGE STABILIZER] is activated while recording a movie, the recorded image
is enlarged slightly. Even if [I.S. 2] or [I.S. 3] is selected, the setting for [I.S. 1] is
applied.
Stabilization is not possible when the camera shake is excessive.
When using a lens with the image stabilizer function, turn off the image stabilizer
function of either the lens or the camera.
You cannot use [g FACE DETECT] in movie mode.
The size of each movie fi le is limited to 2GB. With some types of media, shooting may
be interrupted unexpectedly before reaching the end of available recording time.
When the inside of the camera becomes hot, shooting is automatically stopped to
protect the camera.
Shooting can not be resumed while the camera displays a message stating that
recording is in progress.
With some art fi lters, [C-AF] operation is limited.
It is recommended to use a SD speed class 6 compatible card for movie shooting.
Changing the settings for movie recording
Adding effects to a movie
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Select [ n MODE] in c Custom Menu
(P. 71) tab Z.
nMODE
MOVIE+STILL
MOVIE R
P
OFF
ON
BACK SET
nMODE
M
A
ART1
P
ART2
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Select an option and press the i button.
P
Optimal aperture is set automatically according to the brightness of the
subject.
A
Depiction of background is changed by setting the aperture. Use HI to
set aperture.
M
You control both aperture and shutter speed. Use HI to choose the
aperture, FG to select the shutter speed from values between 1/60 s
and 1/2000 s. Sensitivity can be set manually to values between ISO
200 and 1600; auto ISO sensitivity control is not available.
ART1 –
ART6 Movie can be recorded with effects of art fi lter mode.
g “Using art fi lters” (P. 16)
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