Pentax W30 User Manual

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Press the shutter release button fully.
Recording starts. Recording can continue until the built-in memory/SD 
memory card is full, or the size of the recorded movie reaches 4 GB.
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Press the shutter release button fully.
Recording stops.
If you keep the shutter release button pressed for more than one second, 
recording will continue for as long as you keep the button pressed. 
Shooting stops when you take your finger off the shutter release button.
Press the Green button during movie recording to take still pictures while 
continuing to record the movie. After the Green button is pressed, a still 
picture is taken and stored.
• The flash will not discharge in C mode.
• In C mode, the default setting for focus mode is 3. (p.85) 
The focus mode can be changed before recording starts.
• In C mode, AE metering is set to multi-segment metering.
• When the Focus Mode is set to \, you can adjust the focus before 
recording starts and during recording.
• You can use the optical zoom and digital zoom before recording 
starts and during recording.
• Changing the LCD monitor display mode by pressing the 
4/W button while recording a movie will not display the 
histogram.
Keeping the Shutter Release Button Pressed
Taking Still Pictures During Movie Recording (Still picture capture)
When the battery level indicator is at 
 (battery is exhausted), the 
flash will not discharge when taking still pictures during movie 
recording.