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Recording Movies
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Capturing Still Images While Recording Movies
If the shutter-release button is pressed all the way while
recording a movie, one frame is saved as a still image.
Movie recording continues while the still image is
being saved.
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A still image can be saved when
Q
is displayed at
the top left of the monitor.
•
Q
is not displayed while saving still images. Another
still image cannot be saved until
Q
is displayed again.
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The image size of the saved still image depends on the movie type (resolution)
(
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134). The compression ratio is approximately 1:8.
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Images captured at
z
(320 × 240) are displayed with a gray frame during
playback.
Movie type (resolution)
Size of still image
U
HD 1080p
P
(1920 × 1080)/
V
HD 1080p (1920 × 1080)
n
(1920 × 1080)
x
HD 720p (1280 × 720)
o
(1280 × 720)
y
VGA (640 × 480)
l
(640 × 480)
z
QVGA (320 × 240)
m
(320 × 240)*
1 7 m 3 0 s
1 7 m 3 0 s
B
Notes on Saving Still Images During Movie Recording
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When the remaining movie recording time is less than 30 seconds, still images cannot be saved.
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When recording an HS movie (
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137), still images cannot be saved.
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The shutter sound that is heard when saving a still image may be heard in the recorded movie.
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If the camera moves when the shutter-release button is pressed, the image may be blurred.
C
File Names of Saved Still Images
The file numbers assigned to captured still images ascend in order, starting with the file number of
the movie being re1.
D
More Information
See “Image/Sound File and Folder Names” (
A
185) for more information.