Shooting a Snapshot while Shooting a Movie

You can shoot snapshots while movie recording is in progress. When the camera is in the Single Shot mode, you can shoot snapshots one-by-one. In the CS mode, holding down the shutter button will record up to seven consecutive images at a speed of approximately 10 images per second (fps). You can shoot a maximum total of

28 images during a single movie recording operation.

1.While a movie is being recorded, press the shutter button.

•In the CS mode, images continue to be shot as long as you keep the shutter button depressed.

•Movie recording is not interrupted while snapshots are being shot.

•While movie recording is in progress, you can toggle between the Single Shot mode and the CS mode by pressing [4], [6], or [SET]. Note that this method for mode switching is possible only during movie

recording. The CS mode is indicated when is red (on the monitor screen), and the Single Shot mode is selected when t is red.

NOTE

Number of recordable snapshots

•You can shoot up to 28 snapshots per movie. The number of snapshots is also limited by the amount of free space available on the memory card.

•Note that the flash cannot be used when shooting a Snapshot in Movie.

•Note that shooting a snapshot while shooting a movie is supported during FHD movie and STD movie recording only. It is not supported during other types of movie recording.

•Snapshots shot with Snapshot in Movie cannot be focused individually. The focus will be the same as the movie being recorded.

•The field of view of a snapshot shot while FHD movie recording is in progress will be wider than the field of view of the FHD movie.

•When shooting a snapshot during movie recording, the snapshot image quality automatically changes to “Normal”.

•The t (Auto) recording mode is used when you shoot a snapshot during movie recording.

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