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Taking Still Pictures (Photo Mode)
You can record still pictures like a photograph. The camera records the picture to tape for approximately 6
seconds. The exposure is automatically adjusted.
There are two PHOTO buttons, to let you take still images from both gripping positions.

1. Set the camera to standby mode (turn the POWER dial to a recording program).

2. Press the PHOTO button lightly.

• “PHOTO” flashes at the bottom right of the viewfinder.
• During autofocus flashes white in the viewfinder as the camcorder adjusts the focus and exposure
and it is displayed continuously as a green mark when the camera is ready to take the still picture.
(The focus, exposure and zoom are now locked. Also you cannot turn the image stabilizer on /off.)
• To change the still picture before recording: release the button, select a new picture and then press
down the PHOTO button lightly once more.
• If the subject is unsuitable for autofocus (p. 70), the camera may not be able to focus, and may
coutinue to flash in the viewfinder. In this case: override the focus temporarily using the lens’ manual
focusing ring (p. 44). The green mark lights up.
• If you are recording using manual focus (p. 44), the mark will light up green when you first press
the PHOTO button. Focus the camera using the manual focusing ring.

3. Press the PHOTO button fully down to take the still picture.

• The camera takes the image almost immediately, and then records the “photo” to the tape for
approximately 6 seconds. During this time the camera also records the sound, and the viewfinder also
shows the still picture.
• A counter display is shown, that counts up to 6 secs as the camcorder records the picture.
disappears from the viewfinder.
Notes:
• While the camera records the still, you cannot use the camera functions (POWER dial/STANDBYbutton
do not respond until recording is complete). This applies even when you haven’t loaded a cassette.
• The wireless controller ’s PHOTO button has no half-way setting, press the button and the camera soon
takes the “photo”.
• For even greater versatility attach a Canon Speedlite for flash photography (available as an optional
accessory, see page 43).
• Only take “photos” where it is bright enough to see the image in the viewfinder.
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