Can Still Photos Be Taken During Movie Shooting? (EOS REBEL SL1 / EOS 100D)

Article ID: ART140776 | Date published: 05/13/2015 | Date last updated: 08/17/2015
 

Description

Can Still Photos Be Taken During Movie Shooting? (EOS REBEL SL1 / EOS 100D)

Solution

NOTE
Icons used on this page:
[ ]: Shooting tab 1

While shooting a movie, you can also take a still photo by pressing the shutter button completely.
IMPORTANT
When you press the shutter button halfway to autofocus during movie shooting, the following phenomena may occur.
  • Focus may become far off momentarily.
  • The brightness of the recorded movie may be different from that of the actual scene.
  • The recorded movie may be momentarily still.
  • The movie may record the lens operation noise.
  • You cannot shoot still photos when focus is not achieved, such as when the subject is moving.

Functions particular to still shooting are shown below. Other functions will be the same as for movie shooting.
Function Settings
Image-Recording QualityAs set in [ : Image quality ].
When the movie recording size is [1920x1080] or [1280x720], the aspect ratio will be 16:9. When the size is [640x480], the aspect ratio will be 4:3.
ISO Speed*With autoexposure shooting: Automatically set within ISO 100 - 6400.
With manual exposure shooting: Automatically-set/manually-set ISO 100 to 6400
Exposure SettingWith autoexposure shooting: Automatically-set shutter speed and aperture (displayed when pressing the shutter button halfway).
With manual exposure shooting: Manually-set shutter speed and aperture.
AEBCanceled
FlashFlash off
* If highlight tone priority is set, the ISO speed range will start from ISO 200.

  • If you take a still photo during movie shooting, the movie will record a still moment lasting approx. 1 sec.
  • The captured still photo will be recorded to the card, and the movie shooting will resume automatically when the Live View image is displayed.
  • The movie and still photo will be recorded as separate files on the card.
NOTE
  • Regardless of the drive mode setting, single shooting will take effect for still photo shooting during movie shooting.
  • You cannot take still photos while shooting a video snapshot.


Shooting movies with the default settings (EOS REBEL SL1 / EOS 100D)

SIMS Doc Id

8201784900

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