Likewise, some
cameras set a fixed length for your movies??”say, 15 or 60 seconds??”while other cameras
will record any length, right up till the point you run out of memory on your storage card.
Depending on what kind of camera you have, the movie will either be recorded in MPG, AVI
(also known as Video for Windows), or MOV (QuickTime) format. No matter which format
your camera records, it should be playable on any PC with the appropriate viewer application.
Finally, when you make a movie, remember that you can often choose the video??™s
resolution??”but even the biggest movie will still be fairly small on the computer screen.
170 How to Do Everything: Digital Camera
Take Care of Batteries
Digital cameras are battery hogs, plain and simple. You shouldn??™t expect the batteries in a digital
camera to last very long since they are responsible for running a number of key functions within
the camera, including the following:
?– The imaging system, including the exposure system and the zoom
?– The LCD display
?– The flash
?– The image storage system
That??™s a lot to expect from a set of batteries, and, in fact, they don??™t last long??”you should
expect to get between 100 and 300 shots from a set of batteries, depending on how aggressively
you use features like the zoom and LCD display.
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