Nikon COOLPIX S4300 Reference Manual - Page 100

Recording Movies, Recording and Playing Back Movies

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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. 1 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. Maximum Movie Length* 80 50 Recording and Playing Back Movies 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 10 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. 82

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Recording and Playing Back Movies
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 (
A
84).
When no memory card is inserted (when recording in the internal memory),
Movie options
(
A
85) is set to
y
VGA (64
0
×4
80
)
by default.
N
HD
7
2
0
p
(
1
2
80
×
7
2
0
)
cannot be selected.
1
Turn on the camera and be sure that it is in
shooting mode.
Movies can be recorded in any shooting mode (
A
26)
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
7
2
0
p (
1
2
80
×
7
2
0
)
(default setting) is
selected for
Movie options
(
A
85), 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
(
A
88) 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.
0
0
8
50
50
50
Maximum Movie Length
*
0
10