Nikon D5100 Reference Manual - Page 125

yRecording and Viewing Movies Recording Movies Movies can be recorded in live view. 1 Rotate the live view switch. The mirror is raised and the view through the lens is displayed in the monitor instead of the viewfinder. D The 0 Icon A 0 icon (0 103) indicates that movies can not be recorded. A Before Recording Set aperture before recording in mode A or M (if you are using a PC-E lens, you can also modify aperture while recording in live view). Live view switch 2 Focus. y Frame the opening shot and focus as described in Steps 2 and 3 of "Framing Photographs in the Monitor" (0 99; see also "Focusing in Live View" on pages 0 100-102). 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 (the camera can record both video and sound; do not cover the microphone on the front of the camera during 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 AE-L/AF-L button (0 69) or (in modes P, S, A, M, and %) altered by up to ±3 EV in steps of 1/3 EV using exposure compensation (0 70). Note that the built-in microphone may record lens noise during autofocus and vibration reduction. Movie-record button Recording indicator Time remaining 107