Taking Photos During Movie Live View

If Take photos is selected for Custom Setting g4

(Assign shutter button, 0 364), photographs can be taken at any time during movie live view by pressing the shutter-release button all the way down. If movie recording is in progress, recording will end and the footage recorded to that point will be saved. The photograph will be recorded at the current image area setting using a crop with an

aspect ratio of 16 : 9. Image quality is determined by the option selected for Image quality in the shooting menu (0 79). Note

that the exposure for photographs can not be previewed during movie live view; mode e, f, or gis recommended but accurate results can be achieved in mode hby adjusting exposure during live view photography (0 35) and then ending live view photography, starting movie live view, and checking the image area.

AImage Size

The following table shows the size of photographs taken in movie live view:

Image area

Option

Size (pixels)

Print size (cm/in.) *

 

FX-based

Large

6720 × 3776

56.9 × 32.0/22.4 × 12.6

Medium

5040 × 2832

42.7 × 24.0/16.8 ×

9.4

format

Small

3360 × 1888

28.4 × 16.0/11.2 ×

6.3

 

DX-based

Large

4800 × 2704

40.6 × 22.9/16.0 ×

9.0

Medium

3600 × 2024

30.5 × 17.1/12.0 ×

6.7

format

Small

2400 × 1352

20.3 × 11.4/ 8.0 ×

4.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Approximate size when printed at 300 dpi. Print size in inches equals image size in pixels divided by printer resolution in dots per inch (dpi; 1 inch = approximately 2.54 cm).

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