Nikon J3 - Manual (Page 79)

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3 Start recording.
4 End recording.
Press the movie-record button to
begin recording. A recording indica-
tor, the time elapsed, and the time
available are displayed while record-
ing is in progress.
A Audio Recording
Be careful not to cover the microphone
and note that the built-in microphone
may record sounds made by the camera
or lens. By default, the camera focuses
continuously; to avoid recording focus
noise, select Single AF for Focus mode in
the movie menu (
0 129). The Movie
sound options item in the movie menu
offers microphone sensitivity and wind
noise options (
0 142).
Movie-record button
Recording indicator/
Time elapsed
Time available
Press the movie-record button again
to end recording. Recording will end
automatically when the maximum
length is reached (
0 141), the mem-
or y card is full, another mode is
selected, the lens is removed, or the
camera becomes hot (
0 xvi).
Movie-record button
A Maximum Length
At default settings, HD movies can be up to 4 GB in size and 20 min-
utes in length (for more information, see page 141); note that
depending on memory card write speed, shooting may end before
this length is reached (
0 167).