Basics

Taking motion pictures

Recording still pictures while taking a motion picture

Still pictures can be recorded even while a motion picture is being taken.

Press the shutter button fully during the motion picture recording

[Still Picture Size] (→140)

Maximum number of pictures

9M

 

6M

15 pictures

2M

 

••The clicking sound made when the shutter button is operated may be recorded. ••When still pictures are recorded while simultaneously using the lens’s zoom

function, the zooming may stop.

••Using [Miniature Effect] in [Creative Control] mode, a still picture may be recorded with a slight delay from the time when the shutter button is pressed fully.

■■Serial exposure function

When the serial exposure function has been set in advance, a series of still pictures can

be recorded while taking a motion picture.

 

 

 

••When the serial exposure setting is set to

,

or

, still pictures are automatically

recorded using the

setting.

 

 

 

••Even at the

or

setting, the focus is fixed at the first picture.

●●When you press the shutter button halfway while taking a motion picture, the camera will automatically refocus on a subject. This refocus movement is recorded, i.e. it will be visible. When priority is to be given to the motion pictures, press the shutter button fully, and record the still pictures. Still pictures can also be extracted after motion picture recording is completed. (→49)

●●When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the resolution and the number of

recordable pictures are displayed.

●●

 

Still pictures cannot be recorded in the following cases:

••When [Rec Quality] is set to [VGA]

●●

[Forced Flash Off].

The flash is set to

●●Since the electronic shutter is used for motion pictures, the recorded still pictures may

be distorted.

●●Compared to normal still picture recording, the resolution may be lower.

●●You cannot record pictures in RAW file format. (Only pictures in JPEG file format with the [Quality] setting [   ] can be recorded.)

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