Nikon P520 - Manual (Page 110)

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Recording and Playing Back Movies
Recording Movies
You can record movies by simply pressing the b ( e movie-record) button.
Color tones, white balance, and other settings are the same as they are when
taking still images.
• Only a short movie can be recorded in the internal memory. To record a movie,
use a memory card (Class 6 or higher is recommended).
1
Turn on the camera and display the shooting
screen.
• The movie options icon indicates the type of movie
recorded ( A96).
* The maximum movie length shown in the
illustration differs from the actual value.
2
Press the b ( e movie-record) button
to start movie recording.
• The camera focuses on the subject at the
center of the frame. Focus areas are not
displayed during recording.
• See “Focus and Exposure During Movie
Recording” ( A 93) for more information.
• See “Pausing Movie Recording” ( A 93) for more information.
• When movies are recorded by setting d 1080P/
30p for Movie options (i.e., pictures with 16:9 aspect
ratio), the aspect ratio of shooting screen will switch to
16:9 (the movies are recorded in the area shown in the
right side screen). Press the
s (display) button and
display the movie frame (
A9) to check the range of a
movie in a frame before recording.
• The approximate remaining movie length is displayed on the monitor screen. When a
memory card is not inserted, C is displayed and movie is saved to the internal
memory.
• Recording stops automatically when the maximum movie length has been recorded.
3
Press the b ( e movie-record) button again to end recording.
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Movie option
Maximum movie length*
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