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Shooting movies – Canon A550 User Manual

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Shooting Movies

The recording time may not display properly or
shooting may stop unexpectedly.

The following types of
memory cards are used.

- Slow recording cards.
- Cards formatted on a

different camera or a
computer.

- Cards which have had

images recorded and
erased repeatedly.

z 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) (p. 25).

“!” displays on the LCD monitor in red and
shooting automatically stopped.

There is insufficient free
space in the camera’s
builtin memory.

z Try the following procedures.

- Format the card with a low level

format before shooting (p. 25)

- Lower the recording pixels or the

frame rate (p. 38)

- Use a high-speed memory card

(SDC-512MSH, etc.)

Zoom does not operate.

Zoom lever was pressed
while shooting in movie
mode.

z Operate the zoom before shooting

in movie mode (Basic Guide p. 14).
Note the digital zoom is available
while shooting, but only in
Standard movie mode.