Recording and viewing movies, Recording movies – Nikon D5100 User Manual

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Recording and Viewing Movies

Movies can be recorded in live view.

1

Rotate the live view switch.

The mirror is raised and the view through the lens is
displayed in the monitor instead of the viewfinder.

2

Focus.

Frame the opening shot and focus as described in Steps 2
and 3 of “Framing Photographs in the Monitor” (

0 99; see

also “Focusing in Live View” on pages

0 100–102). 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 (the
camera can record both video and sound; do not cover the
microphone on the front of the camera during 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 AE-L/AF-L button (

0 69) or (in

modes P, S, A, and

%) altered by up to ±3 EV in steps of

1

/

3

EV using exposure compensation (

0 70). Note that the

built-in microphone may record lens noise during
autofocus and vibration reduction.

Recording Movies

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The

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A

0 icon (0 103) indicates that movies can not be recorded.

A

Before Recording

Set aperture before recording in mode A or M (if you are using a
PC-E lens, you can also modify aperture while recording in live
view).

Live view switch

Movie-record button

Recording indicator

Time remaining

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