Nikon P5000 - Manual (Page 59)

Movies
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Movies
Recording Movies
Follow the steps below to shoot movies with sound recorded via the built-in
microphone (for information on recording time-lapse movies, see page 49).
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Movies
See the Appendix for information on movie menu defaults ( B 104) and on how movie files
are stored ( B 106).
The self-timer is not available in movie mode. In all modes except Time-lapse movie,
the flash will turn off and exposure compensation can not be used. Optical zoom can not
be adjusted during recording; digital zoom is available to a maximum of 2×.
If the camera is pointed at the sun or other bright light source during recording, vertical
comet-like streaks (“smear”) may appear in the movie. Avoid pointing the camera at bright
light sources while filming movies.
1 Rotate mode dial to p and select desired
movie option (
B 48). Exposure count dis-
play shows length of movie that can be
recorded.
2 Press shutter-release button all the way
down to start recording (camera will focus
on subject in center of frame). Progress
bar shows amount of memory remaining.
Avoid touching microphone during
recording.
3 Press shutter-release button all the way
down a second time to end recording.
Recording will end automatically when
memory is full or movie reaches file size of
2GB.
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