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Shooting Still Images while Shooting a

Movie

Shooting Mode
You can shoot a high qual ity still image* wh ile shooting a
movie.
*The recording pixels and compressio n are the same as those set for
still images (excluding ).
1While shooting a movie, press the

shutter button halfway to focus.

zPress the shutter halfway so the camera can focus and
set exposure for the s till image. The elec tronic sound
does not play. During th is process, movie s hooting
continues.
2Press the shutter button all the way to

shoot the image.

zWhen a still image is sh ot, the display on the LCD
monitor will disappear m omentarily and the n return to
the movie display. Because the shutter sound of the
still image being take n is also recorded, the audio of
that moment in the movie will soun d cut off.
zWhen priority is on movie length rather than image
quality, select . You can shoot for twice as long in
this mode compared to a file of the same size shot in
the other modes.
zSee Image Data Sizes (E stimated) (p. 188).
zSee Memory Cards and Estimated Capac ities (p. 186).