Nikon S4300 - Manual (Page 100)

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Recording and Playing Back Movies
Recording Movies
You can record movies by simply pressing the
b (e movie-record) button. The
settings made for still images, such as hue and white balance, are applied when
recording movies.
• The maximum file size for a single movie is 2 GB or the maximum movie length
for a single movie is 29 minutes, even when there is sufficient free space on the
memory card for longer recording (
A84).
• When no memory card is inserted (when recording in the internal memory),
Movie options ( A85) is set to y VGA (640×480) by default. N HD 720p
(1280×720) cannot be selected.
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Turn on the camera and be sure that it is in
shooting mode.
• Movies can be recorded in any shooting mode (A26)
except Draw scene mode.
* Maximum movie length shown in the illustrations may
differ from the actual display.
2
Press the
b (e movie-record) button to start
movie recording.
• Recording begins after the monitor turns off briefly.
• The camera focuses at the center of the frame. Focus
areas are not displayed during recording.
• When N HD 720p (1280×720) (default setting) is
selected for Movie options ( A85), monitor display
changes to an aspect ratio of 16:9 with movie recording
(the area indicated at right is recorded).
• If Photo info in the Monitor settings (A88) in the
setup menu is set to Movie frm+auto info, the area
that will be visible in the movie can be confirmed
before movie recording starts.
• The approximate remaining movie length is displayed. C is displayed while saving to
the internal memory.
• Recording stops automatically when the maximum movie recording time has
elapsed.
3
Press the b (e movie-record) button again to end recording.
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