Nikon D300S (Body Only), D300s Focus.Bbutton, Start recording, Focusing During Recording

Recording indicator

3 Focus.Bbutton

Before shooting, frame the

opening shot and either press

the B button (Tripod) or

press the shutter-release

button halfway (Hand-held) to focus on your subject. In hand-

held mode, autofocus is not available after recording begins.

4 Start recording.

Press the center of the multi	y
selector to start recording.
Both video and monaural
sound are recorded; do not
cover the microphone during

recording (the built-in	Time remaining
microphone is located on the

front of the camera). A recording indicator and the time available are displayed in the monitor. Exposure can be locked by pressing the AE-L/AF-Lbutton (0116) or altered by up to ±3 EV using exposure compensation (0118).

AFocusing During Recording

In tripod mode, the camera can be focused by pressing the B button (during shooting, a beep will not sound when the camera focuses, but note that other sounds made during contrast-detect autofocus may be picked up by the microphone). Autofocus is not available in hand-held mode after recording begins; use manual focus to focus during recording (0 83; note that in hand-held mode, recording will end if the shutter-release button is pressed halfway or the Bbutton is pressed).

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