Nikon S2H05000501 manual Making Movies P, S, A, and M, Movie Mode

Making Movies (P, S, A, and M)

Movie Mode

Beyond Point -and -Shoot

—Making Movies

In P, S, A, and M modes, the COOLPIX4500 can record movies up to thirty- five seconds in length at a rate of about fifteen frames per second, with sound recorded via the camera’s built-in microphone. Each frame is 320 ⋅ 240 pix- els in size (QVGA). To record a movie:

1 Choose an exposure mode of P, S, A, or M.

2 In the shooting menu, select Continuous: Movie ( 96). When you return to shooting mode, the exposure count display will show the length of the movie that can be recorded.

3 Press the shutter-release button all the way down to begin recording. If Auto-Focus Mode

( 111) is set to Single AF (the default set- ting), focus will lock when the shutter-release

button is pressed. During recording, optical zoom is disabled; only digital zoom can be used. If lens section is rotated to point in the same direction as the monitor, the image in the monitor will be inverted and the movie will be recorded upside down.

4 Press the shutter-release button all the way down a second time to end recording (record-

ing will end automatically thirty-five seconds after recording starts or if no more memory is

available on the memory card). The movie will be stored as a QuickTime movie file with a file name ending in “.MOV”.

Movies can not be recorded unless the monitor is on. The flash turns off automatically in movie mode.

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