Movies; Movie Mode - Nikon COOLPIX S9 User Manual

Movies

Movie Mode

To shoot movies with sound recorded via the built-in microphone, select
shooting mode and follow the steps below.
1
Enter movie mode by pressing
p in shooting mode, selecting
S (press the multi selector I),
and then pressing d.
Exposure count display shows maximum total length
of movie that can be recorded.
2
Press the shutter-release button fully to
start recording.
A progress bar at the bottom of the monitor shows
the amount of recording time remaining.
Recording will end if the shutter-release button is
pressed all the way down a second time, or when the
internal memory or memory card is full.
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Recording Movies
• The self-timer (c 30) and flash (c 28) (except for time-lapse and stop-motion movie) can-
not be used in movie mode.
• Digital zoom (up to 2×) can be applied while movies are being recorded. Adjust zoom
before beginning recording. Once recording begins, optical zoom cannot be adjusted.
• If the camera is pointed at the sun or other bright light source during recording, vertical
comet-like streaks ("smear") may appear in the movie. Avoid pointing the camera at bright
light sources when filming movies.
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More on Movies
See the information on how movie files are named and stored (c 110), the maximum total
length of movie that can be recorded at different settings (c 54), and movie menu default
settings (c 108).
Movie
0h01m24s 0h01m24s 0h01m24s
y
0h00m50s 0h00m50s 0h00m50s
M M
M M
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