Nikon Camera Coolpix Aw130 Reference Manual

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Recording and Playing Back Movies
Recording and Playing Back 
Movies
1Display the shooting screen.
•Check the remaining amount of movie 
recording time.
2Press the b  (e  movie-record) 
button to start movie recording.
• The focus area for autofocus differs depending 
on the setting of  AF area mode (A104).
• Press the multi selector K  to pause 
recording, and press K  again to resume 
recording (except when an HS movie 
option is selected in  Movie options). 
Recording automatically ends if it...

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Area Captured in Movies
•The area that is captured in a movie varies depending on the  Movie 
options  settings in the movie menu.
• If Photo info  in Monitor settings  (A 121) in the setup menu is set to 
Movie frame+auto info , you can confirm the area that will be captured in 
a movie before you start recording.
Maximum Movie Recording Time
Individual movie files cannot exceed 4 GB in size or 29 minutes in length, even 
when there is sufficient free space on the...

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BNotes About Recorded Movies
•There may be some degradation in image quality when digital zoom is used.
• The sounds of zoom control operation, zoom, autofocus lens drive movement, 
movie 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...

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Recording and Playing Back Movies
If the shutter-release button is pressed all the 
way while recording a movie, one frame is saved 
as a still image. Movie recording continues while 
the still image is being saved.
•While  y is displayed in the monitor, still 
images can be captured. While  z is 
displayed, still images cannot be captured.
• The size of the captured image varies 
depending on the  Movie options setting 
( A 100).
BNotes About Capturing Still Images During Movie Recording
•Still...

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Recording and Playing Back Movies
To adjust the volume, move the zoom control 
while a movie is playing (A2).
Playback controls are displayed in the monitor.
The operations described below can be 
performed by using the multi selector  JK to 
select a control and then pressing the  k 
button.
Operations During Movie Playback
FunctionIconDescription
Rewind AHold down the k  button to rewind the movie.
Advance BHold down the k  button to advance the movie.
Pause EPause playback. The operations listed...

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Extracting Only the Desired Portion of a Movie
The desired portion of a recorded movie can be saved as a separate file.
1Play back a movie and pause at the start point of the 
portion that you want to extract (A75).
2Use the multi selector JK to 
select  I in the playback controls, 
and then press the k  button.
3Use HI  to select  M (choose start 
point) in the editing controls.
• Use  JK  to move the start point.
• To cancel editing, select  O (return), and 
press...

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BNotes About Movie Editing
•Use a sufficiently charged battery to prevent the camera from turning off during 
editing. When the battery level indicator is  B, movie editing is not possible.
• A movie that was created by editing cannot be trimmed again.
• The actual trimmed portion of a movie may di ffer slightly from the portion selected 
using the start and end points.
• Movies cannot be trimmed so that they are less than two seconds long.
Saving a Frame from a Movie...

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Using Menus
Using Menus
You can set the menus listed below by pressing the d (menu) button.
• A Shooting menu
Available by pressing the  d button when the shooting screen is 
displayed. 
Allows you to change image size and quality, continuous shooting settings, 
etc.
• G  Playback menu
Available by pressing the  d button when viewing images in full-frame 
playback mode or thumbnail playback mode.
Allows you to edit images, play slide shows, etc.
• D  Movie menu
Available by pressing the  d button when...

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3Select a menu icon 
and press the k 
button.
• The menu options 
become selectable.
4Select a menu option 
and press the k  
button.
• Certain menu options 
cannot be set depending 
on the current shooting 
mode or the state of the 
camera.
5Select a setting and 
press the k  button.
•The setting you selected is 
applied.
• When you are finished 
using the menu, press the 
d  button.
• When a menu is displayed, 
you can switch to shooting mode by pressing the shutter-release button,  A...

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Image Mode (Image Size and Quality)
* This setting can also be changed in shooting modes other than auto. The changed setting is also applied to other shooting modes.
Select the combination of image size and compression ratio to be used when 
saving images.
The higher the image mode setting, the larger the size at which it can be 
printed, and the lower the compression ratio, the higher the quality of the 
images, but the number of images that can be saved is reduced.
* The numerical...