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Shooting Still Images while Shooting a
Movie
You can shoot a high quality still image* while shooting a movie.
* The recording pixels and compression are the same as those set for still
images (excluding ).
1 While shooting a movie, press the shutter button
halfway to focus.
Press the shutter halfway so the camera can focus and set
exposure for the still image. During this process, movie
shooting continues.
2 Press the shutter button all the way to shoot the
image.
z
The movie goes black for an instant while the still image is shot,
and then returns to normal. However, sound recording continues
uninterrupted.
z
The shutter sound is also recorded (and cannot be disabled).
Shooting Mode
zThe flash will not fire.
zThe recording pixels of still images taken while shooting
movies are fixed at (Large) regardless of being set to
.
zContinuous shooting of still images is not available.
zMovie shooting may stop when shooting a still image if
there is insufficient internal memory available.
zThe following icons appear if the recording speed of the
storage media is too slow or if there is insufficient internal
memory available, in which case a still image cannot be
shot.
: While this is blinking, writing is in progress. Shooting
is again possible when it stops blinking and stays lit.
: Internal memory is full, so shooting is disabled.