Shooting Still Photos - Canon EOS 7D Instruction Manual

k Shooting Movies

Shooting Still Photos

Taking still photos during movie shooting
The still photo will record the entire screen including the semi-
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transparent mask.
If you take a still photo during movie shooting, the movie will have a
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still moment lasting about 1 sec.
The captured still photo will be recorded to the card, and the movie
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shooting will resume automatically when the Live View image is
displayed.
The card will record the movie and still photo as separate files.
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Functions particular to still shooting are shown below. Other
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functions will be the same as for movie shooting.
Function
Image-recording quality
Exposure setting
AEB
Drive mode
Flash
For shooting still photos during movie shooting, using a UDMA (Ultra
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DMA) card having a writing speed faster than 8 MB/sec. is
recommended.
If the shooting mode is <a>, the shutter speed, aperture, and ISO
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speed set for movie shooting will be used as is.
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You can take a still photo at anytime by
pressing the shutter button completely,
even during movie shooting.
As set in the [1 Quality] menu.
Shutter speed and aperture set automatically
(Manually if shooting mode is <a>).
Displayed when the shutter button is pressed
halfway.
Canceled
Modes other than self-timer available.
Flash off
Setting