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If sound levels can be predicted, adjust sensitivity manually so that peak volume does not exceed 12 db. The camera offers sizes of 1, x 1,, 1, x , and x pixels, rates of 60 Using an FX lens with movie live view gives you a choice of two crops in addition to the standard FX-based format:. NOTE Movies recorded at this setting show a slight drop in image quality when compared to movies recorded in an FX-based movie format. Choose the slot to which movies are recorded.

The menu shows the time available on each card; recording ends automatically when no time remains. Choose the range of ISO sensitivities available during recording in modes and. Rotate the live view selector to.

Press the button. To end movie live view, press the button. Before recording, press the button and rotate the main command dial to choose an exposure mode. The settings that can be adjusted in movie live view are determined by the exposure mode as shown below:. If flickering lights cause flicker or banding in the movie, change the shutter speed and check the effect in the monitor.

Press the button and rotate the main command dial to choose a white balance option. To focus using autofocus, rotate the focus-mode sector to AF and select autofocus and AF-area modes as described below.

Press the AF-mode button and rotate the main command dial until the desired mode is displayed in the monitor. AF-S : The camera focuses when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway. If the camera is able to focus, the focus point will be displayed in green and focus will lock while the shutter release button is pressed halfway. AF-F : The camera focuses continuously until the shutter release button is pressed halfway to lock focus.

The focus point is displayed in green when the camera focuses. Focus point can be positioned with multi-selector. Press center of multi-selector again to end tracking. NOTE The built-in microphone may record sounds made by the lens during autofocus.

The optional ME-1 stereo microphone can be used to avoid recording lens noise during autofocus. Vibration reduction should also be turned off if you notice shake during filming when panning a camera that is mounted on a tripod. You can highlight the microphone sensitivity, headphone volume, or monitor brightness indicator in the live view display by holding and pressing or , and then adjust the highlighted setting by pressing or.

NOTE Microphone sensitivity and headphone volume cannot be adjusted during recording, and brightness applies to the display in the monitor only and has no effect on actual movies. Press the button to choose the information displayed during movie live view. Focus zoom is not available during movie recording. Press the button to zoom in on your subject and check focus. Nikon Asia and its Nikon corporate websites and external third-party partners use cookies to improve our website and enhance your user experience.

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When it is all said and done by far the most exciting part is the future. It's about the collective creativity and vision of the photo and video community and what we will all create when we get a D4 in our hands. One thing is for certain, WHY was just the tip of the iceberg!

Check out the link below for more production and technical info on the Corey Rich Productions blog:. Why Vimeo? Get started. Log in Join New video Upload. Create a video. Go live. Record screen. Nikon also offers a flicker reduction feature in the D4, useful for taming flicker induced by fluorescent and mercury-vapor lighting. The camera can attempt to automatically select the correct flicker reduction frequency itself, or you can manually set this to 50 or 60Hz. Not really an exposure feature per se, but the Nikon D4 also allows you to mark up to twenty 'index' points in each captured video clip.

You can then return immediately to these points when editing your movie, if your chosen video editor recognizes the marks, making it quicker to edit clips together if you identify key points at capture time. At top left is a 3. To the right is a 3. The Nikon D4 has an internal, monaural microphone comprising three holes located directly beneath the self-timer lamp and adjacent to the flash sync terminal on the camera's front panel.

As noted previously, internal mics have a tendency to pick up camera handling and autofocus drive noise on the audio track of captured movie clips. The severity will vary significantly depending on the videographer, and the lens model in use. The D4 also provides for external stereo mics, courtesy of a 3. Simply switching moving to a shoe-mount mic with some form of shock mount can do wonders for your DSLR audio, while moving the mic off camera at a distance can completely resolve the issue.

Nikon recommends its ME-1 stereo mic for use with the D4, but you can of course use third party mics too. Another feature that can help resolve audio problems is the adjustable sensitivity for the microphone. Internal and external mics are adjusted separately, and have varying levels of adjustment possible. For the internal mic, there are thirty sensitivity levels to choose from, along with Auto gain, and Off settings. For external mics, you can choose from Auto, Off, and twenty gain levels.

A stereo level display on the LCD provides a step visual cue for whether audio levels are too high, and the top of the scale is indicated in red to catch your attention. Unfortunately, the manually-selected level for either mic is fixed from the start of video capture, so you can't react to unanticipated changes in ambient noise levels without stopping and restarting capture.

A much rarer feature of the D4 is its external headphone jack. This lets you monitor audio levels on the fly during capture, so you should at least have an idea if they're out of whack. Again, levels can be manually adjusted in 30 steps. Nikon doesn't recommend any particular headphone type.

The D4's Linear PCM audio is recorded with a bit depth of bits, and a sampling rate of 48 kHz, plenty enough for good quality audio. As well as standard movies with or without sound, the Nikon D4 can also assemble time-lapse movies in camera.

Time lapse movies are recorded with the resolution and frame rate settings currently configured in the Movie Settings menu, and do not include sound. If the camera is set to manual exposure, it will show variations in ambient light levels faithfully; otherwise the exposure level will vary to cancel them out.

Likewise, auto white balance will attempt to correct for changes in light color temperature perhaps causing color shifts during the time-lapse sequence , while manual white balance will faithfully show changes in ambient light temperature throughout the movie.

Time lapse movies can have a duration of up to seven hours, 59 minutes, and both the interval and shooting time are configured manually.

Multi-shot exposure modes aren't available, and nor are live view or bulb shooting. The camera ignores its standby timer, and if power runs out, the movie up to that point will be saved. If autofocus is enabled, frames where a focus lock can't be achieved are skipped. The viewfinder should be covered before exposure starts, and there's a three second delay before the first frame is captured.

The Nikon D4 is relatively rare in offering both built-in ethernet connectivity, and support for optional wireless transmitters. It's doubly unusual in allowing for movie recording via either connectivity type. With an Ethernet network configured, or the optional WT-4 or WT-5 wireless transmitter attached, you can record movies remotely via a built-in HTTP server and web browser, or using the optional Camera Control Pro 2 software. You can also upload existing movies from the camera to an FTP server, or to a computer.

If Custom Function g4 is configured appropriately, you can also use an optional remote cord to start movie live view, and to start and end movie capture. The Nikon D4's movie recording functionality is accessed from Live view mode, by rotating the Live View selector to the Movie position.

To start and stop capture, you simply press the red Movie Record button adjacent to the still image Shutter button, while live view is active. A Custom Function allows you to configure the Shutter button to start and stop video capture instead, although by default it simply captures a still image, ending movie capture first if necessary. It can also be configured to capture a movie-resolution still without interrupting the video capture, if you prefer. The D4 groups several settings related to video capture in a dedicated Movie Settings menu, accessed from the last page of the Shooting menu.

There are also several movie-related custom functions, grouped in the final page of the Custom Function menu. It also offers limited in-camera movie editing functionality. You can select either a start or end point for a video clip, and save the resulting trimmed video as a new file, and it's also possible to extract single frames from a video. These functions are accessed from the Playback mode's Retouch menu, or while viewing a movie in Playback mode.

Essentially every video capable digital SLR currently on the market exhibits motion-related distortions called rolling shutter artifacts. These are caused because the image data is captured and then read off the chip sequentially by rows, rather being captured all at once. The effect on moving objects is similar to that of a focal plane shutter in an SLR, but more pronounced, because the video frame is read out much more slowly than the slit of a focal plane shutter moves across the sensor.

For a camera that scans video frames vertically as all do that we're aware of , rolling shutter artifacts will be most noticeable for subjects that are moving rapidly side to side, or when the camera itself is being panned horizontally.

Verticals in the scene will appear tilted to the right or left, depending on the direction of camera motion.