The Movie Menu

Pressing the button in movie mode displays the movie menu. Options chosen in this menu are restored the next time movie mode is selected.

Option

 

 

Description

SET UP

Display setup menu (

 

83).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movie options

Choose type of movie that will be recorded (see below).

Auto-focus mode

Choose how camera focuses in movie mode (

 

37).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electronic VR

Reduce effects of camera shake (

 

37).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movie Options

The following options are available:

Movies

Option

Size (pixels)

Frames per second

TV movie 640

640 × 480

30

Small size 320

320 × 240

30

Small size 320

320 × 240

15

Pictmotion 320*

320 × 240

15

Smaller size 160

160 × 120

15

Time-lapse movie

640 × 480

30

* Maximum length is 60 s, making movie suitable for use with Pictmotion (50).

Time-Lapse Movie: Record fl owers opening or butterfl ies emerging from cocoons. The camera takes up to 1800 stills at specifi ed intervals and joins them into a silent movie up to sixty seconds long. Charge the battery before shooting begins.

Selecting Time-lapse moviedisplays the menu shown in Step 1, below.

1

Choose interval between shots.

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2

Select and exit to movie options menu.

Press button to exit menu.

Press shutter-release button all the way down to start recording. Camera will take pictures at specified interval until shutter- release button is pressed again, memory is full, or 1800 frames have been recorded. Monitor turns off and indicator lamp blinks green between shots.

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Nikon S6 manual Movie Menu, Movie Options, Following options are available