Canon OPTURA 100 MC NTSC Instruction Manual page 51

To take still images on a memory card, see p. 103.
You can record still pictmes 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 it memory card ( _ 120) for transfer to a PC for
image enhancement and printout. Also, starting your shooting with a still photo
makes it easy to find the beginning again litter with the Photo Search fnncfion
(C2183).
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.
Also, you can use the built-in flash when taking still pictures from record pause
mode ( _t 5 3).
[ 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 (8 seconds in I-=ISP or I--dLPrecording mode).
During this time the camcorder also records the sound, and the display show-s
the still picture.
• A counter display appears, and counts up its the camcorder records the picture.
• The camcorder returns to record pause mode.
I During record pause mode I
1. Press the PHOTO button halfway down and hold it:
, "PHOTO"/lashes at the bottom right of display.
, Exposure is locked.
, During autofocus O 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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