Nikon D5100 User Manual page 61

Movie Settings
Choose movie quality and sound options.
• Movie quality: Choose from the following options. The frame rate depends on
the option currently selected for Video mode in the setup menu (0 11):
Movie quality
Frame size (pixels)
r
1920 × 1080
s
k
l
1280 × 720
o
m
n
640 × 424
p
1 Available when NTSC is selected for Video mode.
2 Not output to televisions or other external displays during recording.
3 Available when PAL is selected for Video mode.
4 Movies recorded in miniature effect mode are up to 3 minutes long when played back.
• Microphone: Selecting Microphone off turns sound recording off; selecting any
other option turns recording on and sets the built-in microphone or optional ME-1
stereo microphone (0 67) to the selected sensitivity.
1
Select Movie settings.
Press the G button to display the menus.
Highlight Movie settings in the shooting
menu and press 2.
2
Choose movie options.
Highlight the desired item and press 2, then
highlight an option and press J.
Quality
Frame rate
1, 2
30 fps
2, 3
25 fps
24 fps
1
30 fps
high/normal
3
25 fps
24 fps
1
30 fps
3
25 fps
Bit rate
(high/normal quality)
18 Mbps/10 Mbps
10 Mbps/6 Mbps
8 Mbps/5 Mbps
4 Mbps/2 Mbps
G button
Maximum
length
4
20 min.
x
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