Canon EOS 5D MARK II Instruction Manual page 51

P_ Shooting Movies
Taking Still Photos During Movie Shooting
You can take a still photo at anytime by
pressing the shutter button completely,
even during movie shooting.
® The still photo wiii record the entire screen including the semi-
transparent mask.
® The still photo will be taken at the exposure setting displayed when you press
the shutter button halfway. If the still photo is shot during movie shooting in
shutter-priority AE, aperture-priority AE, or manual exposure mode, the still
photo will be taken with the exposure setting set for the movie.
® The still photo wiii be taken with the image-recording quality and
Picture Style that have been set.
® if you take a still photo during movie shooting, the movie will record
a still moment lasting approx. 1 sec. The still photo wiii be recorded
to the card, and movie shooting wiii resume automatically when the
Live View image is displayed.
® The movie and still photo wiii be recorded to the card as separate
flies, if you use continuous shooting, the captured still photos will be
recorded to the card.
_[_ _ In <Tv> (Shutter-priority AE) mode. AEB is not possible.
External Speedlites will not fire during movie shooting.
Continuousstill photo shootingispossibleduring movieshooting,but the
captured imageswill not be displayedon the screen. Dependingon the still
photo'simage-recording quality, numberof shots duringcontinuous
shooting,card performance,etc.. movie shootingmight stop automatically.
] For continuous shooting of still photos during movie shooting, using a
high-speed CF card compatible _ ith UDMA transfers is recommended.
Setting a lower image-recording quality for still photos and shooting
fewer continuous still photos can also resolve the problem.
If the drive mode has been set to <_ ® > or < _®2 > and you start shooting a
movie, the drive mode will automatically change to <r'-I> (single shooting).
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