Nikon D3200 - Manual (Page 104)

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Recording and Viewing Movies
Movies can be recorded in live view mode.
1
Press the a button.
The mirror is raised and the view through the lens is
displayed in the monitor instead of the viewfinder.
2
Focus.
Frame the opening shot and focus as described in Steps 2
and 3 of “Framing Photographs in the Monitor” (
0 80; see
also “Focusing in Live View” on pages 0 81–83). Note that
the number of subjects that can be detected in face-
priority AF drops during movie recording.
3
Start recording.
Press the movie-record button to start recording. A
recording indicator and the time available are displayed in
the monitor. Except in
i and j modes, exposure can be
locked by pressing the A (L) button (0 61) or (in modes
P , S, and A) altered by up to ±3 EV in steps of 1 /
3
EV using
exposure compensation ( 0 63; note that depending on
the brightness of the subject, changes to exposure may
have no visible effect).
Recording Movies
D
The 0 Icon
A 0 icon (0 84) indicates that movies can not be recorded.
A
Before Recording
Set aperture before recording in mode A or M.
a button
Movie-record button
Recording indicator
Time remaining