Nikon D90 Recording and Viewing Movies Live View, Start recording, End recording, 0Icon

Recording indicator

Time remaining

Recording and Viewing Movies (Live View)

Movies up to 2 GB in size can be recorded in live view mode. Before recording, choose frame size and sound options in the Movie settings menu (pg. 170).

s 1 Press the a button. abutton

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.

D The 0Icon

A0icon (pg. 43) will be displayed if there is insufficient space on the memory card to record movies.

2Focus.

Frame the opening shot and press the shutter-release button halfway to focus on your subject.

3 Start recording.

Press the J button to start recording (at default settings, both video and sound be recorded; do

not cover the microphone on the front of the

camera during recording). The recording time available is displayed in the monitor, together

with a recording indicator. Exposure can be locked by pressing the AE-L/AF-Lbutton (pg. 88)

or (in P, S, A, and M modes) altered using exposure compensation (pg. 90). Note that camera will not focus if the shutter-release button is pressed halfway during recording.

4End recording.

To end recording, press the J button (to end recording and take a still picture in the mode currently selected with the mode dial, press the shutter-release button all the way down).

Recording will end automatically when the maximum size is reached or the memory card is full.

DMaximum Size

Exit

Movie files can be up to 2 GB in size. The maximum length is 5 min for movies with a frame size of 1280 × 720, 20 min for other movies; note that depending on memory card write speed, shooting may end before this length is reached.

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