Canon MV550i Camcorder User Manual


 
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Using the Full
Range of Features
Taking Still Pictures to a Cassette
You can record still pictures like a photograph. The camcorder records the picture
and sound to tape for several seconds. The exposure is automatically adjusted.
Copy still photos automatically to a memory card ( 125) for transfer to a PC for
image enhancement and printout. Also, starting your shooting with a still photo
makes it easy to find the beginning again later with the Photo Search function
( 85).
You can take a still picture at any time during regular video recording, or you can
put the camcorder into record pause mode first, then take a still picture.
Press the PHOTO button fully down and the still picture will be taken
immediately.
The camcorder takes the image immediately, and then records the photo to the
tape for approximately 6 seconds ( 8 seconds in SP or LP recording
mode). During this time the camcorder also records the sound, and the display
shows the still picture.
A counter display appears, and counts up as the camcorder records the picture.
The camcorder returns to record pause mode.
1. Press the
PHOTO
button halfway down and hold it:
•“PHOTO flashes at the bottom right of display.
Exposure is locked.
During autofocus
F
flashes white in the display as the camcorder adjusts the
focus and it is displayed continuously as a green mark when the camcorder
is ready to take the still picture.
During record pause mode
MV550i
During record mode
PHOTO
PHOTO
PHOTO
To take still images on a memory card, see p. 108.
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CAMERA
TAPE
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