Live View; Framing Photographs In The Monitor - Nikon D3100 User Manual

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Live View

Framing Photographs in the Monitor

Follow the steps below to take photographs in live view.
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Rotate the live view switch.
The mirror will be raised and the view
through the lens will be displayed in the
camera monitor. The subject will no longer
be visible in the viewfinder.
Item
q Shooting mode
Audio recording
w
indicator
e "No movie" icon Indicates that movies can not be recorded.
r Time remaining
t Focus mode
y AF-area mode
u Focus point
Time remaining
i
(movie mode)
o Movie frame size The frame size of movies recorded in movie mode.
!0 Self-timer
q
w
The mode currently selected with the mode dial. Select i or
j for automatic scene selection (autofocus only; 0 41).
Indicates whether sound is being recorded with movies.
The amount of time remaining before live view ends
automatically. Displayed if shooting will end in 30 s or less.
The current focus mode.
The current AF-area mode.
The current focus point. The display varies with the option
selected for AF-area mode (0 38).
The recording time remaining in movie mode.
Displayed in self-timer release mode.
Live view switch
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