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6.34 MOVIE BUTTON

Menu Position MENU  7  Movie Button

What it Does Prevents accidental movie taking by insisting the mode dial
be in “Movie” mode first.

Recommended Setting Always

Depending upon who you talk to, the red movie button on the back of the
camera was either designed to be easy to take movies on a moment’s
notice, or was designed to be accidentally activated with the greatest of
ease, causing frustration with the user and drained batteries to boot.
This feature was designed for those who, for whatever reason, find
themselves accidentally hitting that movie button a lot. When this feature
is set to “Movie mode only”, the red button becomes inert unless you
specifically move the mode dial to “Movie mode”; at which time the red
button will then dutifully start and stop movies.
I’ve never had much of a problem with accidental activation, and so I keep
this set to “Always” (meaning, “The red button will always start / stop
movies, no matter what mode I’m shooting in”.)