Nikon D3100 User Manual page 37

Live View/Movies
Framing Photographs in the Monitor
Follow the steps below to take photographs in live view.
1
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.
Live view switch
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Time remaining
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The recording time remaining in movie mode.
(movie mode)
@ Movie frame size The frame size of movies recorded in movie mode.
@) Self·timer Displayed in self-timer release mode.
Item Description
The mode currently selected with the mode dial. Select ~o or
CD
Shooting mode
\l) for automatic scene selection (autofocus only; CJ 33).
m Audio recording
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. d' Indicates whether sound is being recorded with movies.
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@ "No movie" icon
@ Time remaining
@ Focusmode
@ AF-area mode
(j) Focus point
Indicates that movies can not be recorded.
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 (m 32).
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