Nikon Camera D810 Users Manual

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Trim footage to create edited copies of movies or save selected 
frames as JPEG stills.
Tri mm ing M ov ie s
To create trimmed copies of movies:
1Display a movie full frame (0235).
2Pause the movie on the new 
opening or closing frame.
Play the movie back as described on 
page 65, pressing the center of the 
multi selector to start and resume 
playback and  3 to pause and 
pressing  4 or  2 or rotating the main 
or sub-command dial to locate the 
desired frame.
 Your approximate position in the movie can 
be ascertained from the movie progress bar.
 Pause playback 
when you reach the new opening or closing frame.
Editing Movies
OptionDescription
9Choose start/end point Create a copy from which the opening or 
closing footage has been removed.
4Save selected frame
Save a selected frame as a JPEG still.
Movie progress bar 
						

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3Select Choose start/end point .
Press the  b button, then highlight 
Choose start/end point  and press 
2 .
b button 
						

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4Choose the current frame as the 
new start or end point.
To create a copy that begins from the 
current frame, highlight Start point 
and press  J.
 The frames before the 
current frame will be removed when 
you save the copy.
To create a copy that ends at the current frame, highlight  End 
point  and press  J.
 The frames after the current frame will be 
removed when you save the copy.
Start point
End point 
						

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5Confirm the new start or end point.
If the desired frame is not currently 
displayed, press 4 or  2 to advance 
or rewind (to skip to 10 s ahead or 
back, rotate the main command dial 
one stop; to skip to an index, or to the 
first or last frame if the movie 
contains no indices, rotate the sub-command dial).
6Create the copy.
Once the desired frame is displayed, press  1.
7Preview the movie.
To preview the copy, highlight 
Preview  and press  J (to interrupt 
the preview and return to the save 
options menu, press  1).
 To abandon 
the current copy and return to Step 5, 
highlight  Cancel and press  J; to save 
the copy, proceed to Step 8. 
						

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8Save the copy.
Highlight Save as new file  and press 
J  to save the copy to a new file.
 To  
replace the original movie file with 
the edited copy, highlight  Overwrite 
existing file  and press J.
DTrimming Movies
Movies must be at least two seconds long. The copy will not be saved 
if there is insufficient space available on the memory card.
Copies have the same time and date of creation as the original.
AChoosing the Role of the Current Frame
To make the frame displayed in Step 5 the new end point ( x) instead of 
the new start point ( w) or vice versa, press the  L(Z /Q ) button.
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Saving Selected Frames
To save a copy of a selected frame as a JPEG still:
1Pause the movie on the desired 
frame.
Play the movie back as described on 
page 65, pressing the center of the 
multi selector to start and resume 
playback and 3 to pause.
 Pause the 
movie at the frame you intend to 
copy.
2Choose  Save selected frame .
Press the  b button, then highlight 
Save selected frame  and press 2.
3Create a still copy.
Press  1 to create a still copy of the 
current frame.
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4Save the copy.
Highlight Ye s and press  J to create a 
fine-quality ( 079) JPEG copy of the 
selected frame.
ASave Selected Frame
JPEG movie stills created with the  Save selected frame option can not 
be retouched.
 JPEG movie stills lack some categories of photo 
information ( 0238).
AThe Retouch Menu
Movies can also be edited using the  Edit movie option in the retouch 
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Image Recording Options
Choose from image areas of FX (36 × 24) 1.0× (FX format), 
DX (24 × 16) 1.5×  (DX format), 5 : 4 (30 × 24) , and 1.2× (30 × 20) 
1.2× .
 See page 490 for information on the number of pictures 
that can be stored at different image area settings.
Image Area
DX format (24 × 16) 
image circle
FX format (36 × 24) 
image circle
FX format
1.2 ×5:4
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❚❚Image Area Options
The camera offers a choice of the following image areas:
❚❚Automatic Crop Selection
To automatically select a DX crop when a DX lens is attached, 
select  On for  Image area > Auto DX crop  in the shooting menu 
( 0 290).
 The image area selected in the shooting menu or with 
the camera controls will be used only when a non-DX lens is 
attached.
 Select  Off to use the currently-selected image area 
with all lenses.
OptionDescription
c
FX (36 × 24) 
1.0 × 
(FX format) Images are recorded in FX format using the full 
area of the image sensor (35.9 × 24.0 mm), 
producing an angle of view equivalent to a 
NIKKOR lens on a 35mm format camera.
Z1.2× (30 × 20) 
1.2 ×
A 30.0 × 19.9 mm area at the center of the image 
sensor is used to record photographs. To  
calculate the approximate focal length of the lens 
in 35mm format, multiply by 1.2.
aDX (24 × 16) 
1.5 × 
(DX format) An area at the center of the image sensor 
23.4 × 15.6 mm is used to record pictures in DX 
format.
 To calculate the approximate focal length 
of the lens in 35mm format, multiply by 1.5.
b5 : 4 (30 × 24) Pictures are recorded with an aspect ratio of 5 : 4 
(30.0 × 24.0 mm).
DAuto DX Crop
The controls listed on page 78 can not be used to select image area 
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AImage Area
The selected option is shown in the 
information display.
ADX Lenses
DX lenses are designed for use with DX format cameras and have a 
smaller angle of view than lenses for 35mm format cameras.
 If  Auto 
DX crop  is off and an option other than  DX (24 × 16) (DX format) is 
selected for  Choose image area  when a DX lens is attached, the edges 
of the image may be eclipsed.
 This may not be apparent in the 
viewfinder, but when the images are played back you may notice a 
drop in resolution or that the ed ges of the picture are blacked out.
AThe Viewfinder Display
The 1.2×, DX format, and 5 : 4 crops are shown below; the area outside 
the crop can be viewed in gray when  Off is selected for Custom Setting 
a6 ( AF point illumination , 0 310).
1.2 ×DX format5:4
ASee Also
See page 59 for information on the crops available in movie live view.