Nikon Camera D610 Users Manual

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The Information Display: Live View Photography
To hide or display indicators in the monitor during live view photography, press the 
R button.
Manual Focus
To focus in manual focus mode ( 0103), rotate the lens focus 
ring until the subject is in focus.
To magnify the view in the monitor up to about 19 × for precise 
focus, press the  X (T ) 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...

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ANon-CPU Lenses
When using non-CPU lenses, be sure to enter  the focal length and maximum aperture using 
the  Non-CPU lens data  option in the setup menu ( 0172).
 Non-CPU lenses can be used 
only in  A and  M modes ( 073); aperture can be adjusted using the lens aperture ring.
DThe Count Down Display
A count down will be displayed 30 s before live view ends automatically ( 053; the timer 
turns red if live view is about to end to protect the internal circuits or, if an option other than 
No limit...

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Movie Live View
Movies can be recorded in live view.
1Rotate the live view selector to 1 (movie live view).
2Press the  a button.
The mirror will be raised and the view through the lens will 
be displayed in the camera mo nitor as it would appear in 
the actual movie, modified for the effects of exposure.
 The 
subject will no longer be  visible in the viewfinder.
3Choose a focus mode (051).
4Choose an AF-area mode ( 052).
AThe  0 Icon
A  0  icon ( 061) indicates that movies can not be recorded....

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5Focus.
Frame the opening shot and focus as described in Steps 3 
and 4 on pages 49 (for more information on focusing in 
movie live view, see page 51).
 Note that the number of 
subjects that can be detected in face -priority AF drops in movie live view.
6Start recording.
Press the movie-record button to start recording. A 
recording indicator and the ti me available are displayed 
in the monitor.
 Exposure is set using matrix metering and 
can be locked by pressing the  AAE-L/AF-L  button ( 0110)...

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7End recording.
Press the movie-record button again to end recording. 
Recording will end automatically when the maximum 
length is reached, or the memory card is full.
8Exit live view mode.
Press the a button to exit live view mode.
AMaximum Length
The maximum length for individual movie files is 4 GB (for maximum recording times, 
see page 65); note that depending on me mory card write speed, shooting may end 
before this length is reached ( 0334).
ATa k i n g  P h o t o g ra p h s
To take a...

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Indices
If Index marking  is selected for Custom Setting g1 ( Assign Fn 
button , 0 247), g2 ( Assign preview button , 0 248), or g3 
( Assign AE-L/AF-L button , 0 248), you can press the button 
during recording to add indices that can be used to locate 
frames during editing and playback ( 068).
 Up to 20 indices can 
be added to each movie.
ASee Also
Frame size, microphone sensitivity, and card slot options are available in the  Movie settings 
menu ( 065).
 Focus can be adjusted manually as...

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The Live View Display: Movie Live View
ItemDescription0
q “No movie” icon
Indicates that movies can not be recorded. —
w Headphone volume
Volume of audio output to headphones. 62
e Microphone sensitivity
Microphone sensitivity for movie recording. 62
r Sound level Sound level for audio recording.
 Displayed in red if level is too 
high; adjust microphone sensitivity accordingly.
 Left (L) and 
right (R) channel indicators appear when optional ME-1 or 
other stereo microphone is used. 62
t Time...

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❚❚Adjusting Settings in  the Live View Display
Microphone sensitivity, headphone volume,  and monitor brightness can be adjusted 
as described below.
 Note that microphone sensit ivity and headphone volume can 
not be adjusted during recording, and that brightness affects the monitor only 
( 0 61); movies recorded with the camera are unaffected.
1Highlight a setting.
Press and hold  L (U ) and press  4 or  2 to highlight 
the indicator for the desired setting.
2Adjust the highlighted setting....

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Image Area
Regardless of the option selected for Image area in the shooting menu ( 089), all 
movies and photographs recorded in movie live view ( 057) have an aspect ratio of 
16 : 9.
 Images recorded with  On selected for  Image area > Auto DX crop  and a DX 
lens attached use a DX-based movie format, as do images recorded with  DX (24×16) 
1.5×  selected for  Image area > Choose image area .
 An FX-based movie format is 
used when  FX (36 × 24) 1.0×  is selected.
 A a  icon is displayed when the...

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AHDMI
If the camera is connected to an HDMI device ( 0204), the 
view through the lens will appear both in the camera monitor 
and on the HDMI device.
 The indicators that appear in the 
HDMI device during movie recording are shown at right.
 The 
camera monitor does not show the sound level or virtual 
horizon;  indicators in the monitor and on the HDMI device 
can not be hidden or displayed using the  R button.
 To  u s e  
live view when the camera is connected to an HDMI-CEC device, select  Off...