Nikon COOLPIXP300BK Recording Movies, Turn on the camera and display the shooting screen

Movie Recording and Playback

Recording Movies

High-definition movies with sound can be recorded.

•The maximum movie length for a single movie is 4 GB or 29 minutes, even when there is sufficient free space on the memory card (A125).

1Turn on the camera and display the shooting screen.

•Movies can be recorded in any shooting mode (A40).

•The movie options show the type of movie that will be recorded. The default setting is dHD 1080pP

(1920×1080) (A123).

Movie options

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2Press the b(emovie-record) button to start movie recording.

Movie Recording and Playback

• The LCD monitor turns off for a

moment, and then the movie recording starts.

•Focusing for movie recording

➝See “Autofocus Mode” (A125).

➝See “Movie Recording of a Subject for Which Autofocus

Does Not Perform as Expected” (A119).	7m23s
• When recording movies in HD or Full HD, monitor display

changes to an aspect ratio of 16:9 with movie recording (the area indicated on the right is recorded).

• When Movie frame+auto info is selected for Photo info of Monitor settings (A147) in the setup menu, the movie frame can be displayed on the monitor before recording movies.

• When the rotary multi selector Kis pressed during movie recording, the exposure is locked. To unlock, press Kagain.

• The approximate remaining movie length is displayed during recording.

• Recording stops automatically when the maximum movie length has been recorded.

3Press the b(emovie-record) button to end recording.

BNote on Saving Movies

After a movie has been recorded, it is not fully saved to the internal memory or memory card until monitor display returns to the shooting display. Do not open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover before movies have been fully saved. Removing the memory card or the battery while a movie is being saved may result in loss of the movie data or damage to the camera or to the memory

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