Taking Photographs During Movie Recording - Olympus E-PL2 Instruction Manual

Shutter button
Mode Photos: shutter button
Aperture and shutter speed are
P automatically adjusted for optimal
results.
A You control aperture.
S
You control shutter speed.
You control aperture and shutter
M
speed.
A full auto mode in which the
camera automatically optimizes
A
settings for the current scene.
ART
Select an art fi lter.
SCN
Select a scene.
Photographs are recorded at the
n
settings selected in [n MODE].

■ Taking photographs during movie recording

• To take a photograph during movie recording, press the shutter button. Press the R
button to end recording. Three fi les will be recorded to the memory card: the movie
footage preceding the photograph, the photograph itself, and the movie footage
following the photograph.
• Only one photograph can be taken at a time during movie recording; the self-timer
and fl ash can not be used.
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Caution
• Image size and quality for photographs are independent of movie frame size.
• The autofocus and metering used in movie mode may differ from that used to take
photographs.
• The R button can not be used to record movies in the following instances:
shutter button pressed halfway/BULB/Sequential shooting/PANORAMA/multiple
exposure, etc (still photography also ends).
R button
Movies: R button
The camera automatically adjusts
settings and records a movie.
Shoot movies using art fi lter or
aperture and shutter speed effects.
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