Taking Still Images while Shooting a Movie

You can shoot still images while shooting a movie.

Focus while shooting a movie.

zMake sure that 4appears on the screen, then press the shutter button halfway.

XThe focus and exposure will readjust (the camera will not beep).

XThe movie will continue shooting.

Shoot.

zPress the shutter button fully. XThe still image will be recorded.

What if you cannot take a still image?

You may not be able to take still images when the writing speed to the memory

card is slow, or when there is insufficient internal memory. In and modes, will appear on the screen while shooting a movie and you will not be able to

shoot still images.

4 (blinking): Processing recorded image. You can shoot when the icon stops blinking.

: Still images cannot be taken.

A still image with an aspect ratio of will be recorded when shooting in

and ( aspect ratio).

A still image with an aspect ratio of will be recorded when shooting in

( aspect ratio).

If the aspect ratio setting for still images differs from the aspect ratio setting for movies, still images will be recorded at a setting of .

The shutter sound and black screen that occur when shooting a still image will be recorded in the movie.

The flash will not fire.

The shooting date and time (p. 52) cannot be recorded in the image.

The ISO speed will switch to .

i-Contrast (p. 79) is not available.

If shooting still images fills the internal memory, the movie may stop recording.

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