Sony MVC-CD500 User Manual

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Shooting movies
Mode dial: 
You can shoot movies with sound (MPEG 
movies) using your camera.
Before starting
Set [Moving Image] to [MPEG Movie] in 
the SET UP settings (pages 41 and 116). 
a
Set the mode dial to 
.
b
Press 
 (Image Size).
The Image Size setup appears.
c
Select the desired size with 
v
/
V
.
You can choose from 640 (VGA), 160 
(Mail).
For details on the recording time for 
each image size, see page 111.
d
Press the shutter button fully 
down.
“REC” appears on the screen and the 
camera starts recording the image and 
sound. 
Recording stops when the disc is full.
e
Press the shutter button fully 
down again to stop recording.
Indicators during shooting
The screen indicators are not recorded.
Each time you press DISPLAY/LCD 
BACK LIGHT ON/OFF, the status of the 
LCD screen changes as follows: Indicators 
off 
t LCD backlight off t All indicators 
on. 
A histogram is not displayed.
For a detailed description of the indicators, 
see page 126. 
Shooting close-ups (Macro)
Set the mode dial to 
 and follow the 
procedure on page 26. 
Using the self-timer
Set the mode dial to 
 and follow the 
procedure on page 27.
Do not touch the microphone during shooting 
movies.
You cannot use the flash.
The date and time are not superimposed onto 
movies.
The zoom magnification cannot be changed 
while shooting movies.
Mode dial
Control button
Shutter
DISPLAY/LCD 
BACK LIGHT 
ON/OFF
REC 00:00:02[00:10:48]
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Enjoying movies