Canon EOS 5D Taking Still Photos During Movie Shooting, 123, Recording and Image Quality

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Taking Still Photos During Movie Shooting

You can take a still photo at anytime by pressing the shutter button completely, even during movie shooting. The shutter speed and aperture are set automatically. The ISO speed is also set automatically within ISO 100 - 3200. The still photo will cover the entire screen including the semi-transparent mask. If you take a still photo during movie shooting, the movie will record a still photo for about 1 sec. The captured still photo will be recorded to the card, and when the Live View image is displayed, the movie shooting will resume automatically. One movie file and the still photo file(s) will be recorded to the card.

Notes on Movie Shooting

Recording and Image Quality

After you start shooting a movie, the movie shooting will stop automatically if the file size reaches 4 GB or if the movie time exceeds 29 min. 59 sec.

For movie shooting, the ISO speed is set automatically. ISO 100 is set as standard, then it can increase up to ISO 6400 (expandable to H1: 12800) for low-light conditions.

If the attached lens has an Image Stabilizer, the Image Stabilizer will operate at all times even if you do not press the shutter button halfway. The Image Stabilizer may cause the total movie shooting time or the number of possible shots to decrease. If you use a tripod or if the Image Stabilizer is not necessary, you should set the IS switch to <2>.

The camera’s built-in microphone will also record the operation noise of the Image Stabilizer, AF motor, and in-focus beeper. Also, if you operate the camera’s dial or lens during movie shooting, the respective operation noise will also be recorded. If you use a commercially-available external microphone, you can prevent (or reduce) these noises from being recorded. Autofocusing during movie shooting is not recommended since it might momentarily throw the focus way off or change the exposure. If the AF mode has been set to [Quick mode], AF is not possible even if you press the <p> button during movie shooting.

If [Screen settings] has been set to [Stills display] or [Exposure simulation], the start of the movie shooting might momentarily record a substantial exposure change.

Operation

External flash cannot fire for still photos taken during movie shooting. If [Screen settings] has been set to [Movie display], the depth-of-field preview button will not work.

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