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Nikon D5100 User Manual

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The Live View Display

Item

Description

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q Shooting mode

The mode currently selected with the mode dial. Select

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j for automatic scene selection (autofocus only; 0 49).

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w “No movie” icon

Indicates that movies can not be recorded.

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e Audio recording indicator Indicates whether sound is being recorded with movies.

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r Time remaining

The amount of time remaining before live view ends
automatically. Displayed if shooting will end in 30 s or less.

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t Focus mode

The current focus mode.

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y AF-area mode

The current AF-area mode.

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Time remaining
(movie mode)

The recording time remaining in movie mode.

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i Movie frame size

The frame size of movies recorded in movie mode.

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o Focus point

The current focus point. The display varies with the option
selected for AF-area mode.

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Live View Display Options

Press the

R button to cycle through display options as shown below.

Circled areas indicate edges of movie frame crop

Show indicators

Hide indicators

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Framing grid

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* A crop showing the area recorded is displayed during movie recording when frame sizes

other than 640 × 424 are selected for Movie settings > Movie quality in the shooting
menu (

0 53; the area outside the movie frame crop is grayed out during recording).

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