Nikon COOLPIXP7700BLK manual Focus and Exposure During Movie Recording, 102, Recording Movies

Recording Movies

Focus and Exposure During Movie Recording

•The focus can be adjusted during movie recording in the following manner in accordance with the Autofocus mode (A108) setting of the movie menu.

-ASingle AF (default setting): The focus is locked when movie recording

starts. To perform the autofocus function during movie recording, press the g(AE-L/AF-L) button (A2).

-BFull-time AF: The focus is adjusted repeatedly even during movie recording. To lock the exposure or focus during movie recording, press the g (AE-L/AF-L) button. To cancel the exposure or focus, press the g(AE-L/AF-L) button again.

•When the focus mode (A62) is E(manual focus), adjust the focus manually. The focus can be adjusted by pressing the multi selector H(far) or I(near) while recording movies.

•Autofocus may not perform as expected (A86). Should this occur, try E (manual focus) (A62, E2) or set Autofocus mode in the movie menu to ASingle AF (default setting) and then use focus lock (A86) to record.

•When Shooting mode (A108) of the movie custom setting mode is set to

Aperture-priority auto or Manual, set the aperture value or shutter speed before recording a movie (A48). The aperture value and shutter speed cannot be set during movie recording.

Recording and Playing Back Movies

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