Recording movies
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Open the LCD screen and press MODE to turn on the (Movie) lamp.
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Press START/STOP to start recording.
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To stop recording, press START/STOP again.
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You can record photos during movie recording by pressing PHOTO (Dual Capture).
To display items on the LCD screen
Screen indicators during recording
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Zoom button (W: Wide/T: Telephoto), START/STOP button (in movie recording mode), PHOTO button (in photo recording mode)
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MENU button
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Status detected by Intelligent Auto
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Recording status ([STBY]/[REC])
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AE/AF (automatic exposure/automatic focus) lock
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GPS triangulating status*1
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Tracking focus
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Zoom, Remaining battery
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Counter (hour: minute: second), Capturing a photo, Recording/playback/editing media
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Tracking focus cancel button
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Intelligent Auto button
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Audio mode, Audio Level Display*2
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Approximate number of recordable photos, Aspect ratio (16:9 or 4:3), and photo size (L/M/S)
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Estimated recording remaining time, Recording image quality (HD/STD), Frame rate (50p/50i/25p*3) and recording mode (PS/FX/FH/HQ/LP)
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View Images button
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My button (you can assign your favorite functions to icons displayed in this area)
To record in mirror mode
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Open the LCD panel 90 degrees to the camcorder (), then rotate it 180 degrees to the lens side ().
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If you close the LCD screen while recording movies, the camcorder stops recording.
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The maximum continuous recordable time of movies is about 13 hours.
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When a movie file exceeds 2 GB, the next movie file is created automatically.
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The following states will be indicated if data is still being written onto the recording media after recording has finished. During this time, do not apply shock or vibration to the camcorder, or remove the battery or AC Adaptor.
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Access lamp is lit or flashing
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The media icon in the upper right of the LCD screen is flashing
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The LCD screen of your camcorder can display recording images across the entire screen (full pixel display). However, this may cause slight trimming of the top, bottom, right, and left edges of images when played back on a TV which is not compatible with full pixel display. It is recommended you record images with [Guide Frame] set to [On] and using the outer frame of [Guide Frame] as a guide.
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When the frame rate is set to [25p], you cannot record photos while the camcorder is in movie recording mode (HDR-CX570E/ CX580E/ CX580VE/ PJ580E/ PJ580VE/ PJ600E/ PJ600VE).