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  • Page 1 D-Movie Setting Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Table of Contents Audio ..........26 Workflow Making Movies: Workflow ....4 Microphone Sensitivity ........26 ● ● Attenuator ...............26 ● ● Buttons and Icons Frequency Response ...........27 ● ● Frequently-Used Controls ....6 Wind Noise Reduction ........27 ●...
  • Page 3 Ending Recording ..........55 ● ● Unavailable Menu Options .......56 Connecting to an HDMI Device .......50 ● ● ● ● D850 Movie Specifications ...58 HDMI Options ............50 ● ● Viewing Movies Viewing Tips ........52 Ten-Second Advance/Rewind ......52 ● ● Skipping to an Index or the Last/First Frame ...52 ●...

  • Page 4: Workflow

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Making Movies: Workflow Prepare. Before shooting movies, learn the names and locations of camera controls as described in the following sections: Frequently-Used Controls .......... 6 ● ● The Live View Display ............ 7 ●...

  • Page 5: Buttons And Icons

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Making Movies: Workflow, Continued Start recording. If you are using autofocus, focus before shooting. At default settings, the camera automatically detects and focuses on faces (!  face-priority AF); to focus instead on a selected area of the frame, choose a different AF-area mode (  30).

  • Page 6: Buttons And Icons

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Frequently-Used Controls The following controls are frequently used during movie recording: Stereo microphone Power switch Release mode dial lock Shutter-release button release E button Release mode dial S button Movie-record button U button I button...

  • Page 7: The Live View Display

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix The Live View Display The live view display offers exposure preview and controls for monitor brightness, headphone vol- ume, and microphone sensitivity. The Live View Display The following are displayed in the monitor during live view and movie recording: Indicates that recording is in progress.
  • Page 8 Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix The Live View Display, Continued Warnings The warnings at right may be displayed during recording. Temperature warning (displayed in red 30 s before live view ends) No memory card Low battery The Count-Down Display A count down will be displayed 30 s before live view ends automatically.

  • Page 9: The Virtual Horizon Display

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix The Live View Display, Continued The Virtual Horizon Display The virtual horizon can be used to help level the camera when mounting it on a tripod. To view the virtual horizon in movie mode, use the R button as described on page 7.

  • Page 10: Accessing Movie Settings

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Accessing Movie Settings Movie settings can be adjusted in movie mode using any of the following three methods: the i-button menu, movie-related controls, or the movie shooting menu. The i-Button Menu The options listed below can be accessed by pressing the i button in movie mode: Option...

  • Page 11: Movie-Related Controls

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Accessing Movie Settings, Continued Movie-Related Controls The following controls can be used for movie re- cording: Control Setting I button Exposure mode U button White balance Y button Metering E button Exposure compensation S button...

  • Page 12: Picture Quality

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Picture Quality The settings covered in this section control movie picture quality. Frame Size, Frame Rate, and Movie Quality i-button menu Movie-related controls — To choose a movie quality option and a frame size and rate for movie recording: Movie shooting menu Select the desired item.

  • Page 13: Iso Sensitivity

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Picture Quality, Continued ISO Sensitivity i-button menu — Movie-related controls When exposure mode P, S, or A is selected in movie mode, the camera adjusts Movie shooting menu ISO sensitivity automatically. You can, however, choose the upper limit to pre- vent the camera choosing too high a value.

  • Page 14: White Balance

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Picture Quality, Continued White Balance i-button menu — Movie-related controls Adjust white balance according to lighting conditions. Movie shooting menu To select a white balance option without exiting movie mode, press the Sub-com- mand dial U button and rotate the main command dial.
  • Page 15 Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Picture Quality, Continued Measuring Preset Manual White Balance in Live View ● ■ Use preset manual white balance to measure a custom white balance value for the current light source and save it for later recall.

  • Page 16: Picture Controls

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Picture Quality, Continued Picture Controls i-button menu — Movie-related controls Choose a Picture Control according to the subject or type of scene. Choose Movie shooting menu Same as photo settings to use the Picture Control settings currently selected in the photo shooting menu, or select Flat to preserve details over a wide tone range, from highlights to shadows, maximizing the potential for tweaking in post-production.
  • Page 17 Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Picture Quality, Continued Modifying Picture Controls in Live View ● ■ Individual Picture Control parameters can be fine-tuned without leaving live view. Display the Picture Control list. In movie mode, press the L (Z/Q) button to view a list of Picture Controls.
  • Page 18 Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Picture Quality, Continued The “n Auto” Picture Control If n Auto is selected for Set Picture Control, settings can be adjusted in the range A−2 to A+2. Rotating the sub-command dial has no effect. “A”...

  • Page 19: High Iso Noise Reduction

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Picture Quality, Continued High ISO Noise Reduction i-button menu — Movie-related controls — Selecting an option other than Off for High ISO NR in the movie shoot- Movie shooting menu ing menu reduces noise (randomly-spaced bright pixels), particularly in movies shot at high ISO sensitivities.

  • Page 20: Image Area

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Picture Quality, Continued Image Area i-button menu Movie-related controls — Choose the size of the area on the image sensor used to record movies. Select Movie shooting menu FX to shoot movies in what is referred to as “FX-based movie format”, DX to shoot in “DX-based movie format”.

  • Page 21: Electronic Vibration Reduction

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Picture Quality, Continued Electronic Vibration Reduction i-button menu Movie-related controls — To choose whether to enable electronic vibration reduction in movie mode: Movie shooting menu Select Electronic VR in the i‑button menu. With the camera in movie mode, press the i button to display the to highlight Electronic VR and press i-button menu.

  • Page 22: Exposure

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Exposure This section is devoted to settings that affect exposure. Metering i-button menu — Movie-related controls Metering determines how the camera sets exposure. Movie shooting menu — To choose a metering option, press the Y button and rotate the main command dial until the desired setting is displayed in the monitor and control panel.

  • Page 23: Exposure Mode

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Exposure, Continued Exposure Mode i-button menu — Movie-related controls Exposure mode determines how the camera adjusts shutter speed and aperture Movie shooting menu — to obtain the desired exposure. To choose the exposure mode, press the I button and rotate the main command dial until the desired option appears in the...

  • Page 24: Exposure Compensation

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Exposure, Continued Exposure Compensation i-button menu — Movie-related controls Exposure compensation is used to alter exposure from the value suggested by Movie shooting menu — the camera, making pictures brighter or darker. To choose a value for exposure compensa- E button tion, press the E button and rotate the main...

  • Page 25: Active D-Lighting

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Exposure, Continued Active D-Lighting i-button menu Movie-related controls — Active D-Lighting preserves details in highlights and shadows, creating photo- Movie shooting menu graphs with natural contrast. Use for high-contrast scenes, for example when photographing brightly lit outdoor scenery through a door or window or taking pictures of shaded subjects on a sunny day.

  • Page 26: Audio

    Nikon Microphones Two models of external microphone are available from Nikon: • The ME-1 Stereo Microphone: Connect the ME-1 to the camera microphone jack to record stereo sound and reduce the chance of picking up equipment noise (such as the sounds produced by the lens during autofocusing).

  • Page 27: Frequency Response

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Audio, Continued Frequency Response i-button menu Movie-related controls — Choose the range of frequencies to which the built-in microphone or external Movie shooting menu microphones respond. Select Frequency response in the i‑button menu. With the camera in movie mode, press the i button to display the to highlight Frequency response and i-button menu.

  • Page 28: Headphone Volume

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Audio, Continued Headphone Volume i-button menu Movie-related controls — Adjust the volume for third-party headphones. Movie shooting menu — Select Headphone volume in the i‑button menu. With the camera in movie mode, press the i button to display the to highlight Headphone volume and i-button menu.

  • Page 29: Focus

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Focus This section covers the focus settings used when recording movies. Focus Mode i-button menu — Movie-related controls Use the focus-mode selector to choose whether the camera focuses in Movie shooting menu —...

  • Page 30: Af-Area Mode

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Focus, Continued AF-Area Mode i-button menu — Movie-related controls AF-area mode determines how the camera selects the focus point for autofocus. Movie shooting menu — To choose the AF-area mode, press the AF- mode button and rotate the sub-command dial until the desired setting is displayed in the monitor.
  • Page 31 Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Focus, Continued Using Autofocus in Live View Use an AF-S or AF-P lens. The desired results may not be achieved with other lenses or teleconverters. Note that in live view, autofocus is slower and the monitor may brighten or darken while the camera focuses.

  • Page 32: Focus Peaking

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Focus, Continued Focus Peaking i-button menu Movie-related controls — If you enable focus peaking when recording movies in manual focus Movie shooting menu — mode, objects that are currently in focus will be indicated by colored outlines.

  • Page 33: Storage

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Storage Choose a memory card and format for movie recording. Destination i-button menu Movie-related controls — To choose the slot used for movie recording when two memory cards are in- Movie shooting menu serted: Select Destination in the i‑button menu.

  • Page 34: Controls And Displays

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Controls and Displays The settings discussed in this section affect movie controls and displays. Multi-Selector Power Aperture i-button menu Movie-related controls — Enabling this option allows aperture to be adjusted using the multi selector, Movie shooting menu —...

  • Page 35: Custom Control Assignments

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Controls and Displays, Continued Custom Control Assignments i-button menu — Movie-related controls — Use Custom Setting g1 (Custom control assignment) to choose the roles played Movie shooting menu — by camera controls during movie recording.
  • Page 36 Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Controls and Displays, Continued Each of these functions are described in turn below. Power aperture Aperture widens while the Pv button is pressed. Use in combination with Custom Setting g1 (Custom control (open) assignment) >...
  • Page 37 Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Controls and Displays, Continued Press + y ● ■ Options marked with y icons are used to choose 1 Pv button + y w Fn1 button + y the function performed by pressing the control 9 Center of sub-selector + y and rotating a command dial.

  • Page 38: Highlight Display

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Controls and Displays, Continued Highlight Display i-button menu Movie-related controls — When highlight display is enabled in the i-button menu, highlights (bright ar- Movie shooting menu — eas of the frame) are indicated by shading when the camera is in movie mode. Select Highlight display in the i‑button menu.

  • Page 39: Monitor Brightness

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Controls and Displays, Continued Monitor Brightness i-button menu Movie-related controls — Follow the steps below to adjust monitor brightness when the camera is in Movie shooting menu — movie mode. Select Monitor brightness in the i‑button menu.

  • Page 40: Monitor Off Delay

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Controls and Displays, Continued Monitor Off Delay i-button menu — Movie-related controls — Custom Setting c4 (Monitor off delay) determines how long the monitor re- Movie shooting menu — mains on when no operations are performed.

  • Page 41: Time-Lapse Movie Techniques

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Time-Lapse Movie Techniques Time-lapse movies are created from photographs shot automatically at preset intervals. The result- ing movie is viewed at a much higher rate than the frames are captured, speeding the apparent passage of time.
  • Page 42 Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Time-Lapse Movie Techniques, Continued Adjust time‑lapse movie settings. Adjust the following settings: • Interval: The interval (in minutes and seconds) should be longer than the slowest anticipated shutter speed. Highlight Interval and press .
  • Page 43 Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Time-Lapse Movie Techniques, Continued • Image area: Choose the image area used for time-lapse recording. Highlight Image area and Highlight an option and press press • Frame size/frame rate: Choose the frame size and rate at which the final movie will play back.
  • Page 44 Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Time-Lapse Movie Techniques, Continued Extending the Metering System’s Lower Limit Enabling both exposure smoothing and silent photography extends the lower limit of the exposure metering system downward by −3 EV, allowing exposure mode A to be used with subjects—such as the stars coming out as the sky darkens from dusk, or the sky brightening from night to dawn—that vary so greatly in brightness that they cannot be shot in mode M .

  • Page 45: Interval Timer Shooting

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Time-Lapse Movie Techniques, Continued “Interval Timer Shooting” Follow the steps below to create time-lapse movies using the Interval timer shooting option in the photo shooting menu. Before proceeding, be sure to select a release mode other than E (self-timer). Before Shooting Before beginning interval timer photography, take a test shot at current settings and view the results in the monitor.
  • Page 46 Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Time-Lapse Movie Techniques, Continued • Intvl×shots/interval: Choose the number of intervals and the number of shots per interval. In S (single frame) mode, the photographs for each interval will be taken at the rate chosen for Custom Setting d1 (CL mode shooting speed).
  • Page 47 Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Time-Lapse Movie Techniques, Continued Start shooting. Highlight Start and press . The first series of shots will be taken at the specified starting time, or after about 3 s if Now was selected for Choose start day/time in Step 2.
  • Page 48 Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Time-Lapse Movie Techniques, Continued During Shooting During interval timer photography, the Q icon will flash in the control panel. Immediately before the next interval begins, the shutter speed dis- play will show the number of intervals remaining, and the aperture display will show the number of shots remaining in the current interval.

  • Page 49: Slow-Motion Movies

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Slow-Motion Movies To record silent slow-motion movies, select 1920 × 1080; 30p ×4 (slow-mo), 1920 × 1080; 25p ×4 (slow-mo), or 1920 × 1080; 24p ×5 (slow-mo) for Frame size/frame rate (  12).

  • Page 50: Hdmi Output

    Connecting to an HDMI Device The camera can be connected to high-definition video devices using an optional High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cable available from Nikon or a third-party type C HDMI cable. Always turn the camera off before connecting or disconnecting the cable.
  • Page 51 Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix HDMI Output, Continued Advanced ● ■ Selecting Advanced displays the following options: Auto is recommended in most situations. If the camera is unable to determine the correct RGB video signal output range for the HDMI device, you can choose from the following options: •...

  • Page 52: Viewing Movies

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Viewing Tips Some tips for viewing movies: Ten-Second Advance/Rewind Rotate the main command dial one click to advance or rewind 10 seconds. Skipping to an Index or the Last/First Frame If you added index markers during recording, you can skip to the next or previous index frame by rotating the sub-command dial during playback.

  • Page 53: Joining Movie Files Together

    Viewing Movies Appendix Joining Movie Files Together Each movie recorded with the D850 may consist of up to 8 files of up to 4 GB in size. These files can be joined together in ViewNX-i. Select the files in the movie.

  • Page 54: Image Sensor Cleaning

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Image Sensor Cleaning If you suspect that dirt or dust on the image sensor is appearing in photographs, you can clean the sensor using the Clean image sensor option in the setup menu. Position the camera base down.

  • Page 55: Troubleshooting

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Troubleshooting Some things to note when filming. Keeping the Camera Cool If live view is used continuously for extended periods, the camera’s internal temperature will rise, causing noise (bright spots, randomly-spaced bright pixels, or fog) to appear in images. Use live view only when taking pictures.

  • Page 56: Unavailable Menu Options

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Troubleshooting, Continued Unavailable Menu Options Menu items that are grayed out can sometimes be accessed by changing camera settings. Movie Shooting Menu ● ■ Manage Picture Not available if slow-mo is selected for Frame Wait for recording (including multiple expo- Image area (  20)

  • Page 57: Electronic Vr

    Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix Troubleshooting, Continued The i-Button Menu (Movie Recording) • Use a CPU lens. ● ■ • End multiple exposure, interval timer, focus Not available in slow-motion movie mode or Microphone shift, bracketing, and HDR photography.

  • Page 58: D850 Movie Specifications

    Nikon EN-EL18b Li-ion File format MOV, MP4 battery (available separately), one rechargeable Video compression H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding Nikon EN-EL15a Li-ion battery, or eight AA al- Audio recording 48 kHz, 16-bit, linear PCM, AAC kaline, Ni-MH, or lithium batteries. An MH-26a format...

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