Nikon D3100 2 manual Framing Photographs in the Monitor, Rotate the live view switch

xLive View

Framing Photographs in the Monitor

Follow the steps below to take photographs in live view.

1 Rotate the live view switch.

The mirror will be raised and the view
through the lens will be displayed in the
camera monitor. The subject will no longer
be visible in the viewfinder.	x
	Live view switch
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Item	Description	0
q Shooting mode	The mode currently selected with the mode dial. Select ior	23, 28,
	j for automatic scene selection (autofocus only; 0 41).	73
w Audio recording	Indicates whether sound is being recorded with movies.	47
indicator
e “No movie” icon	Indicates that movies can not be recorded.	45
r Time remaining	The amount of time remaining before live view ends	42
	automatically. Displayed if shooting will end in 30 s or less.
t Focus mode	The current focus mode.	38
y AF-area mode	The current AF-area mode.	38
u Focus point	The current focus point. The display varies with the option	39
	selected for AF-area mode (0 38).
i Time remaining	The recording time remaining in movie mode.	46
(movie mode)
o Movie frame size	The frame size of movies recorded in movie mode.	47
!0Self-timer	Displayed in self-timer release mode.	54

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