Recording And Viewing Movies; Recording Movies - Nikon D5300 User Manual

Recording and Viewing Movies

Recording Movies

Movies can be recorded in live view mode.
1
Rotate the live view switch.
The view through the lens will be displayed in the monitor.
D
The 0 Icon
A 0 icon (0 122) indicates that movies can not be recorded.
A
Before Recording
Set aperture before recording in mode A or M (0 86, 87).
2
Focus.
Frame the opening shot and focus as described in Steps 2
and 3 of "Framing Photographs in the Monitor" (0 118;
see also "Focusing in Live View" on pages 0 119–121).
Note that the number of subjects that can be detected in
face-priority AF drops during movie recording.
3
Start recording.
Press the movie-record button to start recording. A
recording indicator and the time available are displayed in
the monitor. Except in i and j modes, exposure can be
locked by pressing the A (L) button (0 91) or (in modes
P, S, A, and %) altered by up to ±3 EV in steps of
pressing the E (N) button and rotating the command dial
(0 92; note that depending on the brightness of the
subject, changes to exposure may have no visible effect).
126 Recording and Viewing Movies
Live view switch
1
/ EV by
3
Movie-record button
Recording indicator
Time remaining