Nikon D5000 D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 68
Recording Movies
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Recording Movies Movies can be recorded at 24 fps 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. D The 0 Icon A 0 icon (0 42) indicates that movies can not be recorded. A Modes A and M Set aperture before recording in mode A or M. a button y 2 Focus. Frame the opening shot and press the shutter-release button halfway. Shooting can not begin until the camera has focused. Autofocus is not available after recording begins; use manual focus to focus (0 60) during recording. 3 Start recording. Recording indicator Press J to start recording (at default settings, both video and sound are recorded; 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. Exposure can be locked by pressing the AE-L/AF-L button (0 89) or (in P, S, and A) altered by up to Time remaining ±3 EV in steps of 1/3 EV using exposure compensation (0 90). 4 End recording. Press J again to end recording (to end recording and take a still picture in the mode currently selected with the mode dial, press the shutter-release button all the way down). Recording will end automatically when the maximum size is reached or the memory card is full. A Maximum Size Each movie file can be up to 2 GB in size. The maximum length is 5 min for movies with a frame size of 1280 × 720, 20 min for other movies; note that depending on memory card write speed, shooting may end before this length is reached. 50