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Recording video clips – HP 850 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Taking pictures and recording video clips

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Recording video clips

A video clip includes audio and can be a maximum of 60

seconds long.

1

Rotate the

OFF/Mode

selector to

Video

mode.

2

Frame the subject for your video

in the active display.

3

Press the

Shutter

button halfway

down. The camera measures and

then locks the focus.

NOTE

Unlike still pictures, exposure is not locked for a video

clip when you press the

Shutter

button halfway down.

Instead, exposure is continually measured and adjusted

during video recording.

4

Press the

Shutter

button all the way down and release it to

start recording video.

REC

and the video counter appear at

the top of the active display.

5

Press the

Shutter

button all the way down again to stop

recording video.

The camera automatically stops recording when the maximum

video clip length of 60 seconds is reached or the memory card

is full, whichever comes first. After recording has stopped, the

first frame of the video clip and

Processing...

appear on the

active display. While it is processing, you can delete the video

clip by pressing the

Menu/OK

button. You can use

Playback

to

review the video clips you have taken. See

Using playback

on

page 43.

NOTE

Motor noise from optical zooming may be recorded in

the audio portion of a video clip. Thus, for best audio

quality, do not use the zoom while recording video.