Sony DSC-P12 User Manual

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Shooting movies
Mode dial: 
You can shoot movies using your camera. 
Before starting
Set [Moving Image] to [MPEG Movie] in 
the SET UP settings (pages 39 and 104)
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) or 
160 (Mail).
For details on the recording time for 
each image size, see page 99.
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 “Memory 
Stick” 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 
, the status of the 
LCD screen changes as follows: Indicators 
off 
t LCD screen off t Indicators on. 
A histogram is not displayed.
For a detailed description of the indicators, 
see page 113. 
Shooting close-ups (Macro)
Set the mode dial to 
 and follow the 
procedure on page 24. 
Using the self-timer
Set the mode dial to 
 and follow the 
procedure on page 25. 
Do not touch the microphone (page 8) during 
shooting movies.
You cannot use the flash.
The date and time are not superimposed onto 
movies.
The zoom feature cannot be used while 
shooting movies.
Mode dial
Control button
MENU
Shutter
REC 00:00:02[00:10:48]
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VGA
60
min
Enjoying movies