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.

Movies

1

Choose interval between shots.

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Recording Movies

2

Select and exit to movie options menu.

Press button to exit menu.

Press shutter-release button all the way down to start recording. Camera will take pictures at specified interval until shutter- release button is pressed again, memory is full, or 1800 frames have been recorded. Monitor turns off and flash lamp blinks be- tween shots.

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 effects 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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Nikon COOLPIXS10 manual Movie Options, Following options are available