Nikon S2600 manual Recording Movies, Recording and Playing Back Movies

Recording and Playing Back Movies

Recording Movies

You can record movies by simply pressing the b(e movie-record) button. Hue, white balance, and other settings are the same when recording movies as they are when taking still images.

1Turn on the camera and be sure that it is in shooting mode.

•The icon for the selected movie option is displayed. The default setting is nHD 720p (1280×720) (A77).

* Maximum movie length shown in the illustrations may differ from the actual display.

Movie options

8 m 0 s

1 3 5 0

Maximum movie length*

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

movie recording.

• The camera focuses at the center of the frame. Focus areas are not displayed during recording.

Recording and

•When nHD 720p (1280×720) is selected for Movie options, monitor display changes to an aspect ratio of 16:9 with movie recording (the area indicated on the right is recorded).

•When the Photo info option in Monitor settings

(A82) in the setup menu is set to Movie frame+auto info, a frame indicating the area captured in the recorded movie can be displayed before recording starts.

15 s

Playing Back Movies

•The approximate remaining movie recording time is displayed during recording. C is displayed when saving movies to the camera’s internal memory.

•Recording stops automatically when the maximum movie recording time has elapsed.

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

BNote on Recording Images and Saving Movies

The indicator showing the number of exposures remaining or the indicator showing the maximum movie length flashes while images are being recorded or while a movie is being saved. Do not open

the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover or remove the battery or memory card while an

indicator is flashing. Doing this could result in loss of data, or in damage to the camera or the

74memory card.