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Can Still Photos Be Taken During Movie Shooting?

Content Id: 8200595000


Solution

Still photos can be taken at anytime even during movie shooting by pressing the shutter button fully.

The still photo will record the entire screen including the semitransparent mask.
If you take a still photo during movie shooting, the movie will have a still moment lasting about 1 sec.
The captured still photo will be recorded to the card, and the movie shooting will resume automatically when the Live View image is displayed.
The card will record the movie and still photo as separate files.

Functions particular to still shooting are shown below. Other functions will be the same as for movie shooting.

< Function >< Setting >
Image-recording qualityAs set in the [ Quality] menu.
Exposure settingShutter speed and aperture set automatically (Manually if shooting mode is < M >).
Displayed when the shutter button is pressed halfway.
AEBCanceled
Drive modeModes other than self-timer available.
FlashFlash off

Caution

For shooting still photos during movie shooting, using a UDMA (Ultra DMA) card having a writing speed faster than 8 MB/sec. is recommended.
If the shooting mode is ⋖ M ⋗, the shutter speed, aperture, and ISO speed set for movie shooting will be used as is.
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