Canon S80 User Manual

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Using

the Mode Dial

The recording time may not display properly during shooting or filming
may stop unexpectedly with the following types of memory cards.

- Slow recording cards
- Cards formatted on a different camera or a computer
- Cards which have had images recorded and erased repeatedly

Although the recording time may not display properly during shooting,
the movie will be recorded correctly on the memory card. Recording
time will display properly if you format the memory card in this camera
(excluding slow recording memory cards).

You are recommended to use a memory card that has been formatted
in your camera to shoot movies (p. 23). The card supplied with the
camera may be used without further formatting.

Be careful not to touch the microphone while shooting.

Do not press buttons other than the shutter button while filming to
avoid inadvertent recording of the operation sounds.

If the upper indicator blinks green after a shot, this indicates that the
movie is being written to the memory card. You cannot shoot again
until the blinking stops.

You may experience frame dropping and audio breakup when playing
back a movie on a computer with insufficient system resources.

See page 160 for settings that can be changed in this mode.

Resolution/Frame Rate (p. 33)

The following operations are available before movie recording:

- AF lock: Pressing the MF button activates AF lock with the current

conditions.

appears on the LCD monitor. You can cancel AF lock

by pressing the MF button again.

- Manual Focus (p. 64)
- AE lock, exposure shift: Press the

button to enable AE lock. The

exposure shift bar appears on the LCD monitor, and exposure can be
changed turning the multi control dial. You can cancel AE lock by
pressing the

button again. When pressing the MENU button or

changing the white balance, photo effects and shooting modes, AF
lock is canceled.

Sound is recorded in monaural.

There is no shutter sound in Movie mode.

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