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Capturing still images while recording movies – Nikon COOLPIX P950 Digital Camera User Manual

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Capturing still images while recording movies

Capturing still images while recording movies

If the shutter-release button is pressed all the way while recording a movie, one

frame is saved as a still image (JPEG image) (except Movie manual mode). Movie

recording continues while the still image is being saved.
• A still image can be captured when is displayed on the screen. When is

displayed, a still image cannot be captured.

• The size of the captured still image is the same as the movie image size.

Movie options (page 204)

Notes about capturing still images during movie recording

Still images cannot be saved during movie recording in the following situations:

-

In Movie manual mode

-

When movie recording is paused

-

When the remaining movie recording time is less than five seconds

-

When [

Movie options

] is set to an HS movie option

When the shooting menu [

Image quality

] is set to [

RAW

] or [

RAW + Fine

], a still

image is captured as [

Fine

]. When [

Image quality

] is set to [

RAW + Normal

], it is

captured as [

Normal

].

Up to 20 still images can be saved while recording a single movie when [

Movie options

]

is set to [

2160/30p

] or [

2160/25p

]. Still images are captured as [

Fine

].

It may take some time to save the images after shooting.

The frames of a movie that were recorded when a still image was being captured may
not play back smoothly.

The sounds of operating the shutter-release button when saving a still image may be
heard in the recorded movie.

If the camera moves when the shutter-release button is pressed, the image may be
blurred.