Recording Movies

Movies can be recorded at 24 fps in live view mode. Before recording, choose a Picture Control (0 154) and color space (0 166).

1Choose a live view mode. Gbutton

 

To display the menus, press

 

the Gbutton. Highlight

 

an option in the Live view

 

mode menu and press J:

 

Tripod: In modes gand h,

y

movies are recorded at

 

the aperture selected before live view starts (0 109, 111; the

 

smallest aperture available with movies is f/16). Focus can

 

be adjusted during shooting using contrast-detect AF.

Hand-held: The camera automatically adjusts shutter speed and aperture in response to changes in subject brightness.

AUsing an External Microphone

Instead of the built-in microphone, commercially-available external microphones can be used to avoid picking up sounds produced by the lens during focusing or vibration reduction. Stereo recording is available with any microphone that has a stereo mini-pin jack

(3.5mm diameter). Microphone sensitivity can be adjusted in the Movie settings > Microphone menu (0 62).

2Press the abutton.

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

DThe 0Icon

A 0 icon indicates that movies can not be recorded.

abutton

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Nikon D300s manual Recording Movies, Choose a live view mode. Gbutton