Chapter 11: Making Movies

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Introduction

The Sony a7/a7R is a hybrid recorder capable of taking excellent still pictures and movies. As such, you do not have to carry both a camera and a camcorder on those assignments when you need to take movies as well as still photographs. To switch from taking still shots to shooting movies, press the movie button (figure 11-1). The movies are of excellent quality and can be played on HDTVs or recorded to DVD discs.

In this chapter, we introduce the movie operation of the Sony a7/a7R, and approach the topic at the level of a still photographer who occasionally needs to take a movie rather than a professional ...

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