Nikon COOLPIX S8100 S8100 User's Manual - Page 141

Movie Recording and Playback Recording Movies High-definition movies with sound can be recorded. • 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 (A 135). 1 Turn on the camera and be sure that it is in shooting mode. Movies can be recorded in any shooting mode (A 42). The icon for the selected movie option is displayed. The default setting is U HD 1080pP (1920 × 1080) (A 134). 1284 Movie option 2 Press the b (movie-record) button to start movie recording. Movie recording begins after the monitor briefly turns off. The camera focuses at the center of the frame. Focus areas are not displayed during recording. When recording movies in HD or Full HD, monitor display changes to an aspect ratio of 16:9 with movie recording (the area indicated at right is recorded). The approximate remaining movie length is displayed during recording. Recording stops automatically when the maximum movie length has been recorded. 17m30s If the shutter-release button is pressed all the way while recording, one frame is saved as a still image (A 131). 3 Press the b (movie-record) button again to end recording. Movie Recording and Playback B Note on Saving Movies After a movie has been recorded, it is not fully saved to the internal memory or memory card until monitor display returns to the shooting display. Do not open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover before movies have been fully saved. Removing the memory card or the battery while a movie is being saved may result in loss of the movie data or damage to the camera or to the memory card. 129