Taking Still Pictures While A Motion Picture Is Being Recorded - Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ70GN Operating Instructions For Advanced Features

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Taking still pictures while a motion picture is being recorded

Still pictures can be recorded even while a motion picture is being recorded.
Press the shutter button fully during the motion picture
recording
Still pictures can be taken while a motion picture is being recorded.
[Still Picture Size]
• The clicking sound made when the shutter button is operated may be recorded.
• When still pictures are recorded during zooming, the zooming may stop.
• Using [Miniature Effect] in [Creative Control] Mode, a still picture may be taken
with a slight delay from the time when the shutter button is pressed fully.
Burst function
When the burst function has been set in advance, a burst of still pictures can be
recorded during motion picture recording.
• When the burst setting is set to [
recorded using the [
• If [
] is selected while recording motion pictures, the setting is changed to [
(Approx. 2 pictures/sec.).
• If [
] is selected while recording motion pictures, the setting is changed to [
(Approx. 5 pictures/sec.).
• Even at the [
When you press the shutter button halfway during motion picture recording, the
camera will automatically refocus on a subject. This refocus movement is recorded
even during motion picture recording. When priority is to be given to the motion
picture videos, press the shutter button fully, and record the still pictures. Still pictures
can also be created after motion picture recording.
When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the picture size and the number of
recordable pictures are displayed.
Still pictures cannot be recorded in the following cases:
• When [Rec Format] is set to [MP4], [Rec Quality] is set to [VGA/25p]
• When recording [High Speed Video]
The flash is set to [
Since the electronic shutter is used for recording, the pictures recorded may be
distorted.
Compared to normal still picture recording, the picture quality may be coarser.
When [Quality] is set to [
setting in JPEG file format.
(→156)
9M
6M
2M
] setting.
] or [
] setting, the focus is fixed at the first picture.
] ([Forced Flash Off]).
], [
] or [
Maximum number of pictures
10 pictures
], [
] or [
], still pictures are automatically
(→58)
], still pictures are recorded with the [
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Recording motion pictures
]
]
]
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