Olympus C-4040ZOOM - Manual (Page 30)

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SHOOTING BASICS (Cont.)
Recording movies
Press the shutter button halfway.
● The green lamp on the viewfinder lights up.
Press the shutter button all the way to start
recording.
● The orange lamp lights up during movie
recording.
● When the sound recording mode is set to ON,
sound can be recorded with movies.
Press the shutter button all the way again to stop recording.
● The card access lamp blinks and the camera starts writing the movie to
the card.
● If you use all the displayed seconds remaining, shooting finishes
automatically and the camera starts writing the movie to the card.
3
4
5
Seconds remaining
Remove the lens cap and set the
mode dial to
.
● The monitor turns on.
1
Point the camera towards
the subject and compose
the picture while viewing
through the monitor. 2
Green lamp
Viewfinder
● When the sound recording mode is set to ON, the focus is locked for the
entire time you shoot a movie. If the distance between the camera and
subjects changes often, setting the sound recording mode to OFF lets you
keep the subjects focused at all times.
AF target mark
Card access lamp
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