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Just unboxed your NIKON Z30? In this video you'll learn the first 10 things to do to get your camera ready: install battery and SD card, attach or remove the lens, power on and set language/time, adjust standby timer and grid, learn shooting modes, format the memory card, and set photo and video quality (RAW/JPEG, frame rate, file type). This quick start will help you avoid common mistakes and make sure your Z30 is configured for the best image and video results right away. Keywords: NIKON Z30 setup, Nikon Z30 unboxing, format SD card Nikon Z30, Nikon Z30 settings, RAW vs JPEG, 4K 30fps, 1080p 120fps, camera first steps.
How to set up NIKON Z30 after unboxing?
How to format SD card on NIKON Z30?
How to change photo and video settings on NIKON Z30?
0:00 Introduction – what this video covers
0:07 Insert battery and SD card (how to open the compartment)
0:58 How to remove and attach a lens (align the white dots)
2:15 Power on and initial setup – language, date and time
4:04 Adjust standby timer and enable screen grid
5:17 Shooting modes explained – Auto, P, S, A, M
7:22 Format memory card in the setup menu (backup first)
8:15 Photo settings – image quality, RAW vs JPEG, image size
9:31 Video settings – frame size, frame rate, MOV vs MP4
11:04 Final tips, channel videos and wrap up
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Hello. In today's video, I'll show you
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the first 10 things to do after unboxing
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your Nikon Z30.
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Okay, so let's begin by first putting
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the battery
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and the SD card in. So, at the very
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bottom of your camera, um, open these
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door by pushing this lock like so and
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flipping it up. Now, you can see it's
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open. And let's put the battery first.
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So, you just push it in like so. If you
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want to remove it in the future, just
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push this yellow uh lock and it pops out
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automatically. So, I'll push it in and
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then I can
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insert the SD card according to the
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symbol right here. Well, you can't
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really see it. There's the symbol uh and
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it indicates that the pins are should be
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facing the lens.
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Now, if you don't have the correct lens
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attached,
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I'll show you how to detach it and
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attach it. To detach it, press and hold
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uh on this button and while holding on
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this part,
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this uh like closest to body uh ring, um
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rotate it clockwise. Now it's removed.
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And to put it on, find this white dot
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right here and find this white dot right
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here. Now, you don't need to press the
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button. Just align these two dots and
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rotate counterclockwise until you hear
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the click.
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Then remove the cover.
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And um
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here uh are two rings. This one is for
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focus or anything else that you set it
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to. And this one is for um zoom. So just
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rotate it uh counterclockwise.
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um to any zoom that you like depending
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on what lens you have. Um and now we can
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turn it on. So let's flip the screen out
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if it's not yet flipped out. Um
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turn the uh device on. And mine is
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already working, but uh if your asks for
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some some things like language and uh
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time, set it up. I'll set it up through
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the menu. So let's go to the setup menu.
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You can see there's the menu. Go to
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setup right here. Go to the right and go
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to language. Uh select the correct
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language. So I have English and it's
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okay. Then uh time zone and date.
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I don't really feel like setting the
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time zone because it's not going to do
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anything to be honest. Uh I think but
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let's do the t date and time.
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And yeah, you can change the date and
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time and everything.
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And once you set it with the seconds,
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um,
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let's see if I can see seconds on my
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computer. No, I don't see seconds on my
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computer. Okay, it doesn't matter. Um,
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yeah, once you set the seconds
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correctly,
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you can you can set them like to let's
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say it's uh 20, it's you know uh
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military time. uh 20 27
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uh let's say currently it's 20 27 uh 02
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so I can set it to like uh 10 and wait
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until it becomes 10 on the clock and
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then click on okay as soon as it becomes
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and then it starts counting from then so
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that is useful I think you can change
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the date format and daylight saving time
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can be on or off
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and now uh these are the most basic
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settings now um let's Uh
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also adjust a few things. So go to
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custom settings menu. Go to shooting
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display. No sorry uh go to timers
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um here and power off delay can be set
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in standby timer uh to a certain time
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and let's say 10 seconds. Now if I exit
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menu,
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you'll notice that after some time the
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display will shut down automatically.
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Yeah, just like that. I can click on
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disk to turn it on. But I can also
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adjust the timer to something else like
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um
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let's say 5 minutes and then it's the
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time after which the display will turn
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off. Um the next thing that I recommend
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doing is custom settings menu shooting
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display and uh setting uh the
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uh grid. I recommend enabling grid um to
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3x3 or 4x4 depending on your preference.
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Then you'll see the grid that is super
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useful I think for actually making the
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photos look good uh or videos look good.
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Here is how you change between photo and
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video mode. And now let's talk a little
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about the modes. Uh so there is full
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auto mode. It's basically all auto. you
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just take a photo or take a video
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depending on the mode you're in. Um,
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then there's programmed auto. So, that
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basically has all all the same things as
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um
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as auto, but it lets you adjust a few
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things more. Uh, so yeah, that is
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basically it. Then there's shutter speed
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priority.
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Um sorry no programmed auto in photo is
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actually lets you adjust the ISO
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manually. So uh when you press and hold
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on ISO button you can um you can now
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rotate this wheel to change the ISO. But
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when you release it, it goes back to
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auto. So that is important to know
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because you can see at some point it
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will start adjusting again. So if you
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want to disable auto ISO, you need to
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find this dial wheel, rotate it once,
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just one click, and then auto disappears
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from here. You can release ISO or keep
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pressing it and then adjust it with the
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dial. You need to keep pressing ISO to
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be able to adjust uh with the dial and
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then release. And ISO is set to that
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level now. So that is the thing. shutter
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speed priority. Also lets you do the
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same with ISO, you can set auto or not
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auto. But once while you're not pressing
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on the ISO and adjusting this dial, you
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are basically changing the shutter speed
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here.
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Uh and if you set to aperture priority,
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if you're not pressing an ISO button and
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adjusting this slider, you're changing
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the aperture.
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Then um there's manual which lets you
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adjust both the shutter speed, the
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aperture and the ISO. So uh these are
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the modes. Now, um
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the the thing that I'd recommend doing
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after inserting your SD card is to
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format it so you have the best um
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you know the best possible uh experience
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with saving to your card. So, um I'll
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click on m click on the menu then go to
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uh setup menu on the left side and find
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format memory card then yes but remember
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if you have anything on your memory card
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and you format it'll delete it. So if
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you have anything important back it up
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and then format the card. Um now uh the
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next thing um
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is to uh adjust a few settings of photo
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and video. So let's click on the menu.
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Let's go to photo first. And here you
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can change the image quality. And here
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you can change in what formats the
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photos will be saved in. Fine is better
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than normal. Basic is worse than normal.
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A raw is not viewable. So if you take a
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raw photo, it's not like you can
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immediately view it. It's for editing
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and then you can export it. So if you're
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going to ex edit it anyway with a
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program, you can just take it in RAW.
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But I'd recommend taking it in either
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just JPEG or RAW plus JPEG. So JPEG is
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just for viewing the photo quickly and
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RAW is for editing in case you want to
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edit it at all. Um,
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so yeah, I like the RAW plus JPEG
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normal, so I can edit the RAW later in
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Lightroom on my computer. Um, you can
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change the image size to large, medium,
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or small. I do like the large because it
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has the best quality, but if you want
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medium or small, you can also do that.
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Um, and uh, now let's go to, by the way,
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raw recording is also can be set to two
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different modes. The better one is the
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better one. Uh yeah then video recording
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you can change the frame size and frame
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rate. Uh these are quite important uh
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because you can use 4K but only up to 30
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fps or 1080p up to 120 fps or you can go
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down and record in slow motion. But
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those modes I wouldn't recommend them
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myself because I think it's better to
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record a normal video and then slow it
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down later. You know at like 120p it can
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be slowed down five times. you can do
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that instead of um recording it in slow
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motion because maybe you don't want to
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slow it down. Maybe you don't want to
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slow down the whole clip, just a part of
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it. So, uh that's why I would recommend
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uh recording it in like uh just higher
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uh frame rate instead of recording it in
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uh slow motion uh like already. Um
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then video quality of course can be set
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to high quality or normal. That's
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basically the bit rate. You can change
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the file type. It's also pretty
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important. Uh you can set it to which is
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I think a superior format. It's just has
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better quality but it may not be
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playable without additional programs. So
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for better compatibility you want you
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maybe want the MP4 but I would set and
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just download VLC on my computer. So
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yeah, if if your computer doesn't play,
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then just download a VLC. Unless you
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actually need the file to
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um fit a program, fit a certain program
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that doesn't support, then
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that's what I would do. And these are
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basically the the most basic things that
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I would do at the very beginning of
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using the device. By the way, there's
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many more videos uh on the channel on
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how to do stuff here. So, in case you
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need anything more, feel free to check
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them out. And I hope that this video was
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helpful. Don't forget to like and
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subscribe, and I'll see you in the next
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one.
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