Nikon D5000 User Manual page 68

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Movies can be recorded at 24 fps in live view mode.
Press the [] button.
The mirror is raised and the view through the
lens is displayed in the monitor instead of the
viewfinder.
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A _! icon (_ 42) indicates that movies can not be
recorded.
[] Modes A and M
Set aperture before recording in mode A or M.
[] button
2
Focus.
Frame the opening shot and press the shutter-release button
halfway. Shooting can not begin until the camera has focused.
Autofocus is not available after recording begins; use manual focus to
focus (_ 60) during recording.
3
Start recording. Recording indicator
Press _) to start recording (at default settings,
both video and sound are recorded; do not cover
the microphone on the front of the camera ___
during recording). A recording indicator and the
time available are displayed in the monitor.
Exposure can be locked by pressing the AE-I./AF-I.
button (_ 89) or (in P,S,and A) altered by up to
_+3EV in steps of 1/3 EV using exposure compensation (_ 90).
4
Time remaining
End recording.
Press _) again to end recording (to end
recording and take a still picture in the mode
currently selected with the mode dial, press the
shutter-release button all the way down). Recording will end automatically
when the maximum size is reached or the memory card is full.
[] Maximum Size
Each movie file can be up to 2 GB in size. The maximum length is 5 min for movies with
a frame size of 1280 x 720, 20 min for other movies; note that depending on memory
card write speed, shooting may end before this length is reached.
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