Nikon COOLPIXP500BK, COOLPIXSP500BLK Capturing Still Pictures While Recording Movies, 162

Recording Movies

Movie Recording and Playback

Capturing Still Pictures While Recording Movies

If the shutter-release button is pressed all the way while recording a movie, one frame is saved as a still picture. Movie recording continues while the still picture is being saved.

•A still picture can be saved when Qis displayed at

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•Qis not displayed while saving still pictures. Another still picture cannot be saved until Qis displayed again.

•The still picture is saved with Normal as the image quality. The image size is determined by the type (resolution) (A164) of the original movie.

Movie type (resolution)		Size of still picture
dHD 1080pP(1920×1080)/	i(1920	× 1080)
eHD 1080p (1920×1080)
fHD 720p (1280×720)	R(1280	× 720)
gVGA (640×480)	S(640 × 480)

BNotes on Saving Still Pictures During Movie Recording

•When the remaining movie recording time is less than 30 seconds, still pictures cannot be saved.

•When recording an HS movie (A160), still pictures cannot be saved.

•When the movie option is set to iFrame 540 (960×540), still pictures cannot be saved.

•The shutter sound made when saving a still picture may be heard in the recorded movie.

•If the camera moves when the shutter-release button is pressed, the picture may be blurred.

CFile Names of Saved Still Pictures

The file numbers assigned to captured still pictures ascend in order, starting with the file number of the movie being recorded +1.

DMore Information

See “File and Folder Names” (A215) for more information.

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