Nikon Camera D3300 Reference Manual

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Live View
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Camera Settings
Except when movie indicators are displayed, you can access the 
following live view photography settings by pressing the  P button: 
image quality ( 085), image size ( 087), white balance ( 0124), flash 
mode ( 090, 92), ISO sensitivity ( 095), focus mode ( 0144), AF-area 
mode ( 0145), metering ( 0114), flash compensation ( 0120), and 
exposure compensation ( 0118).
 When movie indicators are 
displayed, movie settings can be adjusted ( 0161).
AExposure
Depending on the...

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Shooting in Live View Mode
Although it will not appear in the final picture, distortion may be 
visible in the monitor if the camera is panned horizontally or an object 
moves at high speed through frame.
 Bright light sources may leave 
after-images in the monitor when the camera is panned.
 Bright spots 
may also appear.
 Flicker and banding visible in the monitor under 
fluorescent, mercury vapor, or sodium lamps can be reduced using 
Flicker reduction  (0 241), although they may still...

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Live View
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Using Autofocus in Live View
Autofocus is slower in live view and the monitor may brighten or 
darken while the camera focuses.
 The camera may be unable to focus 
in the situations listed below (note that the focus point may 
sometimes be displayed in green when the camera is unable to focus):
• The subject contains lines parallel to the long edge of the frame
• The subject lacks contrast
• The subject in the focus point contains areas of sharply contrasting 
brightness, or the subject...

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Manual Focus
To focus in manual focus mode ( 083), 
rotate the lens focus ring until the subject is 
in focus.
To magnify the view in the monitor up to about 8.3 × for precise focus, 
press the  X button.
 While the view through the lens is zoomed in, a 
navigation window will appear in a gray frame at the bottom right 
corner of the display. Use the multi selector to scroll to areas of the 
frame not visible in the monitor (available only if  7 (Wide -area AF ) or 
8  (Normal-area AF ) is...

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Recording and Viewing Movies
Recording and Viewing MoviesMovies can be recorded in live view mode.1
Press the  a button.
The view through the lens will be 
displayed in the monitor.
2
Focus.
Frame the opening shot and focus as 
described in Steps 2 and 3 of “Framing 
Photographs in the Monitor” ( 0142; 
see also “Focusing in Live View” on pages 144–147).
 Note 
that the number of subjects that can be detected in face-
priority AF drops during movie recording.
Recording Movies
DThe  0 Icon
A  0  icon...

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Start recording.
Press the movie-record button to start 
recording.
 A recording indicator and 
the time available are displayed in the 
monitor.
 Except in  i and  j modes, 
exposure can be locked by pressing 
the  A (L ) button ( 0116) or (in 
modes  P,  S,  A , and  %) altered by up to 
±3 EV in steps of 
1/3EV by pressing the 
E  (N ) button and rotating the 
command dial ( 0119; note that 
depending on the brightness of the 
subject, changes to exposure may 
have...

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Recording and Viewing Movies
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Recording Movies
Flicker, banding, or distortion may be visible in the monitor and in the 
final movie under fluorescent, mercury vapor, or sodium lamps or if the 
camera is panned horizontally or an object moves at high speed 
through frame (flicker and banding can be reduced using  Flicker 
reduction ; 0 241).
 Bright light sources may leave after-images when 
the camera is panned. Jagged edges, color fringing, moiré, and bright 
spots may also appear. Bright bands...

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Movie SettingsThe camera offers the following movie settings.
•Frame size/frame rate, Movie quality : Choose from the 
following options.
 The frame rate depends on the option 
currently selected for  Video mode in the setup menu 
( 0 260):
• Microphone : Turn the built-in or optional ME-1 stereo 
microphones ( 0161, 309) on or off or adjust microphone 
sensitivity.
 Choose  Auto sensitivity  to adjust sensitivity 
automatically,  Microphone off  to turn sound recording...

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Recording and Viewing Movies
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Wind noise reduction : Select On to enable the low-cut filter 
for the built-in microphone (optional stereo microphones are 
unaffected;  0161, 309), reducing noise produced by wind 
blowing over the microphone (note that other sounds may 
also be affected). Wind-noise  reduction for optional stereo 
microphones can be enabled or disabled using microphone 
controls.
• Manual movie settings : Choose On 
to allow manual adjustments to 
shutter speed and ISO sensitivity...

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Select  Movie settings .
Press the  G button to display the 
menus.
 Highlight  Movie settings  in 
the shooting menu and press  2.
2
Choose movie options.
Highlight the desired item 
and press  2, then highlight 
an option and press  J.
AHDMI and Other Video Devices
When the camera is attached to  an HDMI video device, the camera 
monitor will remain on and the vi deo device will display the view 
through the lens.
 If the device supports HDMI-CEC, select  Off for the...