Nikon D5300 - Recording and Viewing Movies; Recording Movies

126 Recording and Viewing Movies
Recording and Viewing Movies
Movies can be recorded in live view mode.
1 Rotate the live view switch.
The view through the lens will be displayed in the monitor.
2 Focus.
Frame the opening shot and focus as described in Steps 2
and 3 of “Framing Photographs in the Monitor” (0 118;
see also “Focusing in Live View” on pages 0 119–121).
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. 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 A (L ) button (0 91) or (in modes
P, S, A, and %) altered by up to ±3 EV in steps of
1
/3 EV by
pressing the E (N) button and rotating the command dial
(0 92; note that depending on the brightness of the
subject, changes to exposure may have no visible effect).
Recording Movies
D The 0 Icon
A 0 icon (0 122) indicates that movies can not be recorded.
A Before Recording
Set aperture before recording in mode A or M (0 86, 87).
Live view switch
Movie-record button
Recording indicator
Time remaining