Panasonic DMC-FZ150 Recording still pictures while recording motion pictures, Picture size

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Recording still pictures while recording motion pictures

Still pictures can be recorded even while recording a motion picture. (simultaneous recording)

During motion picture recording, press the shutter button fully to record a still picture.

•The picture is saved with the following conditions.

[AVCHD]	Picture size
[PSH]/[FSH]/[SH]	3.5 M (16:9)

[MP4]	Picture size
[FHD]/[HD]	3.5 M (16:9)

•Pictures can be taken in burst mode while recording a motion picture.

•The burst speed while recording motion pictures is limited to the following.

– [ AF ] and [ 5.5 ]/[ 55AF ] cannot be set. Setting these will automatically switch to [ 2 ] and [

–[ 12 ], [ 40 ] or [ 60 ] cannot be set. Setting these will automatically switch to [ 10 ].

Note

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•During motion picture recording, if you press the shutter button halfway, the camera will refocus and the refocus movement will be recorded to the motion picture being recorded. To prioritise the motion picture image, recording still pictures by fully pressing the shutter button, or creating still pictures after motion picture recording is recommended. (P43)

•Picture size and number of recordable pictures are displayed by pressing the shutter button halfway.

•Recording of motion picture will continue after taking the still picture.

•Recording is performed by the electronic shutter, so the recorded picture may appear warped.

•The quality of pictures taken with simultaneous recording may differ compared to normal [3.5M] pictures.

•You can record up to 40 pictures per motion picture recording.

• Only JPEG images are recorded when [QUALITY] is set to [ ], [ ] or [		]. (When set to
[ ] or [	], still pictures will be recorded in [QUALITY] of [A].)

•The flash setting is fixed to [Œ].

•Zooming may stop when a picture is recorded while zooming.

•Only one picture is recorded when Auto Bracket or White Balance Bracket is set.

•Simultaneous recording is not possible in the following cases:

–When [REC MODE] is set to [VGA] in [MP4]

–In [HIGH SPEED VIDEO] in Scene Mode

–In Creative Video Mode

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