Shooting Still Images During Movie Recording; Locking Or Changing Image Brightness - Canon EOS M3 User Manual

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Shooting Still Images during Movie Recording

Shoot still images during movie recording as follows.
1
While shooting a movie, focus on a
subject.
Press the shutter button halfway down
to readjust the focus and exposure. (The
camera will not beep.)
Movie recording will continue.
2
Shoot.
Press the shutter button all the way
down.
Your shot will be recorded.
Shooting still images during movie recording may not be possible
when the memory card's recording speed is slow, or when there is
not enough free internal memory.
Shutter sounds will be heard in the movie.
An orange AF frame is displayed with [
focus when you press the shutter button halfway. No picture is
taken, even if you press the shutter button all the way down.
The flash does not fire.
Movie recording may stop if shooting still images fills up the
internal memory.
Still Images
Movies

Locking or Changing Image Brightness

Before or during recording, you can lock the exposure, or change it in 1/3-
stop increments within a range of -3 to +3 stops.
] if the camera cannot
In the menu ( = 32), set [AF w/ shutter button during
the [
5] tab to [Disable] to turn off focusing when the shutter
button is pressed halfway when shooting movies.
In [
], [
], [
], [
(16:9 aspect ratio) modes, still photos will be saved in the [
aspect ratio.
In [
] and [
] (4:3 aspect ratio) modes, still photos
will be saved in the [
] aspect ratio.
Still Images
Press the [
] button to lock the
exposure. To unlock the exposure, press
the [
] button again.
Turn the exposure compensation dial to
adjust the brightness as you watch the
screen.
You can also lock and unlock the exposure by touching [
the screen.
During shooting, touch the exposure compensation bar at the
bottom of the screen and then touch the [ ][ ] buttons to change
the exposure.
Exposures adjusted by changing the exposure correction with
the touch screen will not feature the same exposure correction
settings as when using the exposure compensation dial. Look at
the screen to verify the exposure.
Before Use
] on
Basic Guide
], and [
]
Advanced Guide
]
1
Camera Basics
2
Auto Mode /
Hybrid Auto Mode
3
Other Shooting Modes
4
Movies
P Mode
5
Tv, Av, and M Mode
Tv, Av, M, and C Modes
6
Playback Mode
7
Wi-Fi Functions
8
Set-Up Menu
9
Accessories
] on
10
Appendix
Index
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