Nikon Coolpix S4 User Manual - Page 49

Time-lapse movie, Set interval time, AE lock, Use a Reliable Power Source, During Recording

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Recording Time-Lapse Movies Selecting Time-lapse movie from the MOVIE menu ( menu shown in Step 1, below. 36) displays the 1 TIME-LAPSE MOVIE Highlight Set interval time or AE lock Set interval time and press center of multi selector to AE lock display sub-menu. Press multi selector up or down to highlight option, press center to select. Exit Confirm SET INTERVAL TIME 1/2 • SET INTERVAL TIME: Choose interval 30s between shots. 1m 5m 10m 30m Exit Confirm AE LOCK • AE LOCK: Choose On to fix exposure and white balance for entire series Off at values for first frame, Off to meter On new values for each shot. Flash turns off when On is selected. Exit Confirm 2 Return to shooting mode. 3 Start recording. Camera takes pictures at specified interval until shutter-re- lease button is pressed again, memory is full, or 1800 frames are recorded. Movies Use a Reliable Power Source If possible, use an optional EH-62B AC adapter kit to record time-lapse movies. During Recording To save power, the monitor turns off between frames. The monitor turns on automatically immediately before the camera takes the next shot. AE Lock When On is selected for AE lock, a yellow AE-L icon will be AE-L displayed, indicating that exposure and white balance will be locked with the first shot. Once the first shot is taken, the icon will turn white. 39

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Movies
Recording Time-Lapse Movies
Selecting
Time-lapse movie
from the MOVIE menu (
36) displays the
menu shown in Step 1, below.
TIME-LAPSE MOVIE
TIME-LAPSE MOVIE
TIME-LAPSE MOVIE
Exit
Exit
Exit
Confirm
Confirm
Confirm
AE lock
Set interval time
Highlight
Set interval time
or
AE lock
and press center of multi selector to
display sub-menu.
Press multi selector
up or down to highlight option, press
center to select.
1
Exit
Exit
Exit
SET INTERVAL TIME
1/2
SET INTERVAL TIME 1/2
SET INTERVAL TIME
1/2
Confirm
Confirm
Confirm
1m
5m
10m
30m
30s
AE LOCK
AE LOCK
AE LOCK
Exit
Exit
Exit
Confirm
Confirm
Confirm
Off
On
AE LOCK
: Choose
On
to fix exposure
and white balance for entire series
at values for first frame,
Off
to meter
new values for each shot.
Flash turns
off when
On
is selected.
SET INTERVAL TIME
: Choose interval
between shots.
3
Start recording.
Camera takes pictures
at specified interval until shutter-re-
lease button is pressed again, memory
is full, or 1800 frames are recorded.
2
Return to shooting mode.
Use a Reliable Power Source
If possible, use an optional
EH-62B AC adapter kit to record time-lapse movies.
During Recording
To save power, the monitor turns off between frames.
The monitor turns on automati-
cally immediately before the camera takes the next shot.
AE Lock
When
On
is selected for
AE lock
, a yellow AE-L icon will be
displayed, indicating that exposure and white balance will be
locked with the first shot.
Once the first shot is taken, the icon
will turn white.
AE-L
AE-L
AE-L