Pentax 8557 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Taking Pictures
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Press the shutter release button fully.
Recording starts. You can continue recording until the recorded movie time
reaches 25 minutes.
Saving a still picture during movie recording
If you press the 4 button during movie recording, the frame captured at the
moment you pressed the 4 button is recorded as a still picture.
A still picture is recorded with the default settings made in the [A Rec. Mode]
(p.213).
Up to three still pictures can be recorded per each continuous movie
recording.
The recorded still pictures will be saved when the movie recording is stopped.
Still picture capture with the 4 button is not available in (High Speed
Movie) or c (Time-Lapse Movie) modes, or when the number of recorded
pixels and frame rate settings are set to .
The angle of view may change, depending on the number of recorded pixels
for movies.
The image may be distorted, depending on recording conditions.
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Press the shutter release button fully.
Recording stops.
Playing Back a Movie 1p.126
You can use the optical zoom and autofocus functions while recording
movies when [Enable Autofocus] (p.117) and [Enable Optical Zoom]
(p.117) are set to O (On) in the [C Movie] menu. However, operation noise
is recorded in the movie.
The focus mode can be changed before recording starts.
When the focus mode is set to \(Manual Focus), you can adjust the
focus before recording starts and during recording.
When the shooting mode is set to C (Movie), Face Detection is
automatically set to on. You can select Smile Capture or Face Detection Off
before starting recording a movie (p.99). When the Smile Capture function
is activated, movie recording starts automatically when the camera
recognizes the subject’s smile. However, the Smile Capture function may
not work depending on the condition of the recognized faces, and movie
recording may not start automatically. If this happens, press the shutter
release button to start movie recording.
You can record a movie using a remote control unit (optional) (p.80)
.
When you use the SD Memory Card, use SD Speed Class 4 or higher
cards.
Movies recorded in C mode capture a different area than still pictures.