10. D3300 Video: Beyond the Basics

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Video and the D3300

Probably one of the reasons you purchased the D3300 over competing cameras is its ability to capture video—and not just regular video, but high-definition video. As I discussed in the introduction, the focus of this book is the photography aspects of the camera, but that doesn’t mean I am going to ignore the video functions completely. First, let’s cover some of the basic facts about the moviemaking features.

Video recording is a feature of the Live View capabilities of the camera. You have to put the camera into Live View mode before you begin to capture ...

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