Notes about nikon D300s Video shooting

Notes about nikon D300s Video shooting

- 24p, p = progressive

- CMOS sensor – avoid shooting video with high speed or panning your video with CMOS sensor

- Max size 1280x720pixels – max duration per clip/ movie is 5 mins

- HD video, motion jpeg, avi – FULL HD is 1920 x1080

- Under Tripod mode, select A (aperture priority) or M (manual) – movie are recorded at aperture selected before live view start.

- Under Hand-held mode, the camera auto adjust shutter speed and aperture in response to changes in subject brightness and autofocus is not available after recording begins.

To shoot a movie

1) Choose Live View mode and select either Tripod or handheld

2) Press the “LV” button

3) Before shooting , frame the opening shot and either press the AF-ON button (tripod) or press the shutter release button halfway (handheld) to focus on the subject.

4) To start recording, press the center of the multi selector to start recording.

5) Press the center of the multi selector again to end the recording . to end recording and take a still photo in live view, press the shutter-release button all the way down. Recording will end automatically when thr max size (5 mins) is reached or the card is full.

Notes

In tripod mode, the camera can be focused by pressing the AF-ON buton (during shooting, a beep will not sound when the camera focuses, but note that other soundmade during contrast-detect autofocus may be picked up by the mic.

Autofocus is not available in hand-held mode after recording begins, use manual focus to focus during recording. This mode, the recording will end if the shutter-release button is pressed halfway or the AF-ON button is pressed.