Nikon COOLPIX S8200 Reference Manual page 32

Recording Movies
_1_ Notes About Movie Recording
• Memory cards with an SD Speed Class rating of 6 or faster are recommended when recording
movies (_ 19), When using a memory card with a lower Speed Class rating, movie recording may
stop unexpectedly.
• There may be some degradation in image quality when digital zoom is used. If the digital zoom is
not being used when movie recording begins, rotating and holding the zoom control at T zooms
the image using optical zoom and the zoom stops at the maximum optical zoom ratio, After
letting go of the zoom control, rotate the zoom control to i again to mag ni_ the image using the
digital zoom.
• When recording ends, digital zoom turns off,
• The sounds of zoom control operation, zoom, autofocus lens drive movement, vibration
reduction, and aperture operation when brightness changes may be recorded.
• The following phenomena may be seen in the monitor while recording movies. These
phenomena are saved in the recorded movies.
Banding may occur in images under fluorescent, mercury vapor, or sodium vapor lighting
Subjects that move quickly from one side of the frame to the other, such as a moving train or car,
may appear skewed
The entire movie image may be skewed when the camera is panned.
Lighting or other bright areas may leave residual images when the camera is moved
_1_ Camera Temperature
• The camera may become warm when shooting movies for an extended period of time or when
the camera is used in a hot area,
• If the inside of the camera becomes extremely hot when
recording movies, the camera will automatically stop recording
after 30 seconds.
The amount of time remaining until the camera stops recording
(4_30 s) is displayed,
Five seconds after the camera stops recording, it turns itself off.
Leave the camera off u ntil the inside of the camera has cooled.
_1_ Notes About Autofocus _.
Autofocus may not perform as expected, as explained in "Autofocus" (_ 29). Try the following
methods when recording movies of these kinds of subjects.
1. Before shooting, set Autofocus mode to AF-S Single AF (default setting) in the movie menu.
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2. Aim the camera so that another subject positioned the same distance from the camera as the
desired subject is in the center of the monitor, press the • (_ movie record) button, and then
aim at the desired subject after recording starts.
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