Taking Still Pictures While A Motion Picture Is Being Recorded - Panasonic DMC-LX7K Owner's Manual

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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 are recorded with aspect ratio setting of [16:9] and [Picture Size]
setting of 3.5 M. (Max. 20 pictures)
Motion picture recording continues unchanged.
• 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.
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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 [
• Even at the [
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The camera will refocus if the shutter button is pressed halfway during motion picture
recording. 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. (→160)
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When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the picture size and the number of
recordable pictures are displayed.
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Still pictures cannot be recorded when [Rec Quality] is set to [VGA].
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The flash is set to [
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Since the electronic shutter is used for recording, the pictures recorded may be
distorted.
] setting.
] or [ ] setting, the focus is fixed at the first picture.
] (Forced flash off).
], [ ] or [ ], still pictures are automatically
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Recording motion pictures
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