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#3_OPTURA Pi_E(34-78) 1/25/00 13:42 Page 47 (1,1) • While the camera records the still, you cannot use the camera functions E (controls, POWER switch/zoom lever, etc., do not respond until recording is complete). This applies even when you haven't loaded a cassette. • The wireless controller's PHOTO button has no half-way setting. Press the button fully and the camera immediately takes the "photo". • For even greater versatility attach a Canon Speedlite for flash photography (available as optional accessories, see p. 48), when taking still pictures from record pause mode. • Only take "photos" where it is bright enough to see the image in the display. • If you want to use an effect, make sure you set it before you take your picture (you cannot use the fade trigger while taking a still picture). • Depending on the subject (fast moving subject, for example), the picture may be blurred. Using the Full Range of Features 47

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E
Using the Full
Range of Features
•
While the camera records the still, you cannot use the camera functions
(controls, POWER switch/zoom lever, etc., do not respond until recording is
complete). This applies even when you haven’t loaded a cassette.
•
The wireless controller’s PHOTO button has no half-way setting. Press the
button fully and the camera immediately takes the “photo”.
•
For even greater versatility attach a Canon Speedlite for flash photography
(available as optional accessories, see p. 48), when taking still pictures from
record pause mode.
•
Only take “photos” where it is bright enough to see the image in the display.
•
If you want to use an effect, make sure you set it before you take your picture
(you cannot use the fade trigger while taking a still picture).
•
Depending on the subject (fast moving subject, for example), the picture may
be blurred.
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