Taking Still Photos Be Taken During Movie Shooting (EOS REBEL T6i / EOS 750D)

Article ID: ART161427 | Date published: 08/04/2015 | Date last updated: 09/18/2015
 

Description

Taking Still Photos Be Taken During Movie Shooting (EOS REBEL T6i / EOS 750D)

Solution

While shooting a movie, you can also take a still photo by pressing the shutter button completely.

Taking Still Photos during Movie Shooting
  • 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.
  • Functions particular to still photo shooting are shown below. Other functions will be the same as for movie shooting.
FunctionSettings
Image Recording Quality As 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 - ISO 6400.
Manual Exposure Shooting :
・ With [AUTO] (A), the ISO speed will be set automatically within ISO 100 - ISO 6400.
・ You can set the ISO speed manually within ISO 100 - ISO 6400 in whole-stop increments. Under [ : Custom Functions (C.Fn)], if [2: ISO expansion] is set to [1: On], the manual setting range will expand so you can also select H (equivalent to ISO 12800).
・ Under [
: Custom Functions (C.Fn)], if [3: Highlight tone priority] is set to [1: Enable], the ISO speed will be ISO 200 - ISO 6400.
Exposure Setting With 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.

NOTE
  • Regardless of the drive mode setting, single shooting will take effect for still photo shooting during movie shooting.
  • The self-timer can be set before you start shooting a movie. During movie shooting, the camera will switch to single shooting.
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 change.
  • 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.


Shooting Movies with the Default Settings (EOS REBEL T6i / EOS 750D)

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