Nikon COOLPIXS550CB, COOLPIXS550P, COOLPIXS550GB user manual Movie Menu, Selecting Movie Options

The Movie Menu

Movies

Movie options, Electronic VR or Autofocus mode (A 63) settings can be changed from the movie menu. Press d in movie mode to display the movie menu and use the multi selector to modify and apply settings.

Selecting Movie Options

The movie menu offers the options shown below.

Option	Image size and frame rate
JTV movie 640P	Image size: 640 × 480 pixels
(default setting)	Frame rate: 30 frames per second
LSmall size 320P	Image size: 320 × 240 pixels
	Frame rate: 30 frames per second
SSmall size 320	Image size: 320 × 240 pixels
	Frame rate: 15 frames per second
NTime-lapse movieP	The camera automatically takes pictures at intervals and
	joins them into a silent movie.
(A64)	Image size: 640 × 480 pixels
	Frame rate: 30 frames per second

CMovie Options and Maximum Movie Length and Frames

Option	Internal memory	Memory card
	(approx.50 MB)	(256 MB)
JTV movie 640P	45 sec.	3 min. 40 sec.
(default setting)
LSmall size 320P	1 min. 30 sec.	7 min. 20 sec.
SSmall size 320	2 min. 57 sec.	14 min. 20 sec.
NTime-lapse movieP	534 frames	1,800 frames per movie
(A64)

*Movies can be as long as free space in the internal memory or on the memory card allows. All figures are approximate. Maximum movie length or frames varies with make of memory card. The maximum file size for movies is 2 GB. Even if the memory card has a capacity greater than 4 GB, the camera displays the maximum movie length for the file size of 2 GB.

DMore Information

62See, “Image/Sound File and Folder Names” (A 124) for more information.