Recording And Viewing Movies; Recording Movies - Nikon D5500 Reference 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 (0 169) indicates that
movies can not be recorded.
A
Before Recording
Set aperture before recording in mode
A or M (0 118, 119).
2
Focus.
Frame the opening shot and focus as
described in Steps 2 and 3 of "Framing
Photographs in the Monitor" (0 162;
see also "Focusing in Live View" on pages 0 164–167). Note
that the number of subjects that can be detected in face-
priority AF drops during movie recording.
174 Recording and Viewing Movies
Live view switch