Nikon D5100 Reference Manual page 121

A
The Live View Display
q
w
e
r
Item
The mode currently selected with the mode dial. Select i or j
q Shooting mode
for automatic scene selection (autofocus only; 0 104).
w "No movie" icon Indicates that movies can not be recorded.
Audio recording
e Indicates whether sound is being recorded with movies.
indicator
The amount of time remaining before live view ends
r Time remaining
automatically. Displayed if shooting will end in 30 s or less.
t Focus mode
The current focus mode.
y AF-area mode
The current AF-area mode.
Time remaining
u The recording time remaining in movie mode.
(movie mode)
i Movie frame size The frame size of movies recorded in movie mode.
The current focus point. The display varies with the option
o Focus point
selected for AF-area mode (0 101).
A
Live View Display Options
Press the R button to cycle through display options as shown below.
Show indicators
* A crop showing the area recorded is displayed during movie recording when frame sizes
other than 640 × 424 are selected for Movie settings > Movie quality in the shooting
menu (0 109; the area outside the movie frame crop is grayed out during recording).
t y
Description
Circled areas indicate edges of movie frame crop
*
Hide indicators
u
i
o
0
26, 30,
61,
115
107
109
105
100
101
107
109
102
*
Framing grid
x
103