Pausing video clips This is a good camera, but I find it annoying that there is apparently no way to pause the video when shooting, instead you have to stop and restart. This results in a series of, say, 15 different video files covering a particular shooting session of only a few minutes in duration. Does anyone have any ideas on how to make this easier? Pausing video clips This is a good camera, but I find it annoying that there is apparently no way to pause the video when shooting, instead you have to stop and restart. This results in a series... » Read More Pausing video clips This is a good camera, but I find it annoying that there is apparently no way to pause the video when shooting, instead you have to stop and restart. This results in a series of, say, 15 different video files covering a particular shooting session of only a few minutes in duration. Does anyone have any ideas on how to make this easier? « Show Less
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I found this annoying too. To replay all the videos as one, select the slide show feature and choose 'video only'.
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Unfortunately, form my experience there is no way around it during recording. However, this camera has built-in editing functionality. You can stitch the snippets together into one continuous piece. It's quite easy.Then there is also the video editing software included with the camera.
395840
During the recording of videos there is no pause button. However the starting and stopping of the recording is very fast. During playback of recorded videos it is possible to pause the playback and then resume playing the video.
790853
Yes it has a pause button during playback. During recording, it does not. You would just hit the record button again and it would stop recording.
526533
You need to play with the settings for video. It seems like you have the lapse feature on, which records in chunks as small as 1 minute; you can disable that and record without interruptions. The screen will automatically disable after 3 minutes of recording.
1922395
Mine has options in the menu for loop recording ("off", "3 min", "5 min", and "10 min"). I have it set to "off". When full it displays an icon that indicates that it's recording over the old footage, but when I go to play back the latest recording it isn't available. I pulled the card to check it on my laptop and
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P.S. I forgot, I think it will allow pausing while recording.... but have not tried it myself.
558722
The camara makes files of 1 or 2 or 3 min video, when the memory is full, he writes over these files. In case you do want to save something, you can push a button to prevent overwriting.
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It depends on how sensitive you program the camara. There is a delay but I've had my camara/video clips run for as long as almost 2 minutes. I suppose if you had two or more camaras strategically placed it could compensate for delay.
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Actually, there's something in the manual about a video limit (NOT card limit) of 2GB (Video recording) at a time, but I am unclear about what happens then. Does one simply start recording again or is the max 2GB size just inaccurate; at that point. In any case, I don't think I'll be doing 2GB clips; without pause anyway, so no big deal.BTW, I like a 4GB (or bigger) SDHC (extreme III and reader) because I can take a bunch of pictures and still have room for video clips. I have extra 4GB cards not yet open.
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I have never been able to get the camera to record more than a few seconds of video. I have not taken the time to figure it out. I think that I should not HAVE to figure it out. You put in an SD card, you record, you replay, you're happy! Not this one.
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We haven't recorded past 5 min at one time..but throught out the day couple min at a time..it adds up to anywhere from15-20 min..so what they mean is that you cant record more then 10 min straight I guess..anyway hope this helps..super clear pics and vids
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The camera makes one contiguous file when you pause and then continue to record. If you're trying to use the camera with a program like HUDL, etc it works fine. The start/stop recording action sets a marker which the programs read to fragment the single file on upload.
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Ok, someone will probably give a better answer than me, but, assuming I understand the question: Camera can be set for either circular recording or not. Circular means it will record until the memory card is full, then start overwriting the files from the beginning. If Circular is "off", it will just fill up the memory card and stop. HOWEVER, it doesn't just record "one big file". It records 10, 15, or 20 minute files (user selectable), one after another. So, say you have it running continuous, 15 minute file size. It will record a 15 minute file, then immediately record another 15 minute file, and so on. Depending on resolution and memory card size, you will end up with dozens (or potentially hundreds) of sequential 10 to 20 minute long video files. Actually really handy, just find the one that has the information you want on it, rename it and save it. Easy peasy. It will keep recording files until the memory card is full (up to 64 hours continuous on a 64 gig card, depending on resolution, etc), then it will start recording over the oldest files. Does that make sense? It is a cool little videocam, and it can be configured pretty extensively. Hope that helps.
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My son and I have "played" around with the video recording mode a couple times- I am no expert nor the best person to critique it, however I have had several camcorders and they seem better at video recording than this camera- but for a camera it did alright. I think it takes 29 minutes of video- that's off the top of my head. The camera specs should say. It is a great camera and probably the best entry level slr[t].
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Not to be stupid, but will this camera pause? I mean can you pause while recording and then start again without it being a new movie? Thanks
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There are different settings. I have mine set on 90 seconds, the maximum. After the 90 seconds if there is still motion another 90 seconds is recorded. It takes a minimal video program to splice them all together if need be.
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no...once you stop the video, that video is over. You will start a new video when you begin to record again. Also, don't talk while taking the video, unless you want YOUR voice to be heard.