Chapter 6

Live View and Shooting Movies

The Nikon D7200 can shoot movies up to 4GB in size while the camera is in live view. Shooting stills and movies in live view is easy. Before you start, you can check your settings, as described in the next section, or just forge ahead with the current settings.

Working with Live View

Activate live view by rotating the Lv switch on the back of the camera (just to the lower right of the LCD monitor) to the stills position. Then, press the Lv button to activate live view. The first thing to do when entering live view is to double-check three settings that affect how your image or movie is taken. These settings, which are basically set exactly as in non–live view mode are covered below.

Metering Mode

While ...

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