Movie Recording and Playback

Recording Movies

You can use the camera to record high-definition movies with sound.

•The maximum file size for a single movie is 4 GB and the maximum movie

length for a single movie is 29 minutes, even when there is sufficient free space on the memory card for longer recording (A 84).

1Turn the camera on and display the shooting mode screen.

Recording of a movie can be started in any shooting mode (A 33).

The current movie options setting is displayed. The default setting is nHD 720p (1280×720) (A 84).

When recording movies, the angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) is narrower compared to that of still images.

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Movie options

2Lower the flash (A7)

Recording movies while the flash is raised may cause the audio to be muffled.

3Press the b(emovie-record)

button to start recording.

Recording begins after the monitor turns off briefly.

The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame. The focus area is not displayed while recording movies.

When Movie options is set to nHD 720p (1280×720), the aspect ratio is 16:9 and the movie is recorded as shown on the right.

The frame indicating the range that is saved when a movie is recorded can be displayed in the monitor before starting to record a movie by setting Monitor settings (A 110) in the setup menu to Movie frame+auto info.

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Movie Recording and Playback

The approximate remaining movie length is displayed during recording. Recording stops automatically when the maximum movie length has been recorded.

4Press the b(emovie-record) button to stop recording.

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Nikon COOLPIXL120BRONZE Recording Movies, Turn the camera on and display the shooting mode screen, Lower the flash A7
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