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248 The “Recording” (Camera icon) Menu Settings

during movie making can be tremendously helpful (described in
Section 6.7).
 When your exposure mode dial is set to movie mode, the shutter release
button can be used to nudge the camera to find a new focusing subject.
 In Movie shutter priority mode, you can select a shutter speed as slow
as ¼ of a second in AVCHD and MP4 mode. (1/4 of a second makes
for pretty blurry movies when things move; but if you’re shooting in
extremely low light it may be the only option you have.)
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 The fastest shutter speed? 1/8000 of a second.
 In Movie Aperture Priority mode, you can set any f/stop you wish. In
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this mode, the slowest shutter speed the camera will select is 1/60 of a
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second (1/30 of a second if MENU  9  Auto Slow Shutter is
set to On) and there’s no upper bound.
 In any of the movie modes, the most you can adjust the exposure
compensation is +/- 2 stops.
 You have lots of control over lots of variables: When you start
recording, the camera will use the currently set white balance, creative
styles, exposure lock, exposure compensation, and metering mode.
However, while you’re shooting, you can only change the Focus Area,
Exposure Compensation, and ISO.

SUPER-DE-DUPER IMPORTANT TIP: For technical reasons, your focusing mode
must be set to MANUAL in order to have access to A, S, and M movie modes.
That’s the downside. On the upside, this camera focuses in video mode better
than any DSLR ever made!

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