Nikon S10 - Manual (Page 42)

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Movie Options
The following options are available:
Option Size (pixels) Frames per second
TV movie 640 ★
640 × 480 30
Small size 320 ★
320 × 240 30
Small size 320 320 × 240 15
Pictmotion 320 * 320 × 240 15
Smaller size 160 160 × 120 15
Time-lapse movie ★
640 × 480 30
* Maximum length is 60 s, making movie suitable for use with Pictmotion ( 43).
Time-Lapse Movie: Record fl owers opening or butterfl ies emerging from cocoons.
The camera takes up to 1800 stills at specifi ed intervals and joins them into a silent
movie up to sixty seconds long. Charge the battery before shooting begins.
Selecting [Time-lapse movie
★
] displays the menu shown in Step 1, below.
Recording Movies
The fl ash ( 16) turns off in all modes except [Time-lapse movie
★]. The self-timer ( 18) can
not be used. Optical zoom can not be adjusted during recording; digital zoom is available to
a maximum of 2 × (
11). In modes other than [Time-lapse movie
★], electronic vibration
reduction (VR; 20) can be used to reduce the eff ects of camera shake. An indicator is dis-
played in the monitor when electronic VR is on ( 4–5).
If the camera is pointed at the sun or other bright light source during recording, vertical com-
et-like streaks (“smear”) may appear in the movie. Avoid pointing the camera at bright light
sources when fi lming movies.
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170 170 170
Press shutter-release button all the way
down to start recording. Camera will take
pictures at specifi ed interval until shutter-
release button is pressed again, memory
is full, or 1800 frames have been recorded.
Monitor turns off and fl ash lamp blinks be-
tween shots.
1
Choose interval between shots.
2
Select and exit to movie options menu.
Press button to exit menu.