Canon PowerShot SX10 IS PowerShot SX10 IS Camera User Guide - Page 94

92 Shooting Still Images while Shooting a Movie You can shoot a high quality still image* while shooting a movie. * The recording pixels and compression are the same as those set for still images (excluding ). 1 While shooting a movie, press the shutter button halfway to focus. • Press the shutter halfway so the camera can focus and set exposure for the still image. The electronic sound does not play. During this process, movie shooting continues. 2 Press the shutter button all the way to shoot the image. • When a still image is shot, the display on the LCD monitor will disappear momentarily and then return to the movie display. Because the shutter sound of the still image being taken is also recorded, the sound of that moment in the movie will cut off. z The flash will not fire. z The ISO speed will be fixed to [Auto]. z The recording pixels of still images taken while shooting movies are fixed at (Large) regardless of being set to . z Continuous shooting of still images is not available. z Movie shooting may stop when shooting a still image if there is insufficient internal memory available. z The following icons appear if the recording speed of the storage media is too slow or if there is insufficient internal memory available, in which case a still image cannot be shot. : While this is blinking, writing is in progress. Shooting is again possible when it stops blinking and stays lit. : Internal memory is full, so shooting is disabled.