Taking Still Pictures To A Cassette - Canon MV530 Instruction Manual

Taking Still Pictures to a Cassette

To take still images on a memory card, see p. 108.
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You can record still pictures like a photograph. The camcorder records the picture
and sound to tape for several seconds. The exposure is automatically adjusted.
Copy still photos automatically to a memory card (
image enhancement and printout. Also, starting your shooting with a still photo
makes it easy to find the beginning again later with the Photo Search function
( 85).
You can take a still picture at any time during regular video recording, or you can
put the camcorder into record pause mode first, then take a still picture.
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During record mode
Press the PHOTO button fully down and the still picture will be taken
immediately.
• The camcorder takes the image immediately, and then records the "photo" to the
tape for approximately 6 seconds (
mode). During this time the camcorder also records the sound, and the display
shows the still picture.
• A counter display appears, and counts up as the camcorder records the picture.
• The camcorder returns to record pause mode.
During record pause mode
1. Press the PHOTO button halfway down and hold it:
• "PHOTO" flashes at the bottom right of display.
• Exposure is locked.
• During autofocus F flashes white in the display as the camcorder adjusts the
focus and it is displayed continuously as a green mark when the camcorder
is ready to take the still picture.
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