Nikon S6 - Manual (Page 45)

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Movies
Recording Movies
To shoot movies with sound recorded via the built-in microphone, select shooting
mode and follow the steps below (no sound is recorded for time-lapse movies).
Movies recorded to internal memory at the default setting of Small Size 320 can
be up to 1 minute 10 seconds long; a 256 MB memory card can hold up to 14 min-
utes 30 seconds.
1
Display shooting mode menu.
2
Highlight .
4
Press shutter-release button all the way
down to start recording. Progress bar shows
amount of memory remaining. Press shut-
ter-release button all the way down a sec-
ond time to end recording.
3
Select and exit to movie mode. Exposure
count display shows maximum total length
of movie that can be recorded.
Recording Movies
The fl ash ( 20) turns off in all modes except Time-lapse movie. The self-timer ( 22) can
not be used. Optical zoom can not be adjusted during recording; digital zoom is available to
a maximum of 2 × (
15).
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.
More on Movies
See the Appendix for information on how movie fi les are stored ( 103), the maximum total
length of movie that can be recorded at diff erent settings ( 102), and movie menu defaults
( 101).