Recording And Viewing Movies; Recording Movies - Nikon D5200 Reference Manual

Recording and Viewing Movies

Recording Movies

Movies can be recorded in live view mode.
1
Rotate the live view switch.
The mirror is raised and the view through the lens is
displayed in the monitor instead of the viewfinder.
D
The 0 Icon
A 0 icon (0 97) indicates that movies can not be recorded.
A
Before Recording
Set aperture before recording in mode A or M.
2
Focus.
Frame the opening shot and focus as described in Steps 2
and 3 of "Framing Photographs in the Monitor" (0 93; see
also "Focusing in Live View" on pages 0 94–96). 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 63) 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 65; note that depending on the brightness of the
subject, changes to exposure may have no visible effect).
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Live view switch
1
/ EV by
3
Movie-record button
Recording indicator
Time remaining