Olympus E-PL2 - Taking Photographs During Movie Recording

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Names of parts and functions
Basic guide
Shutter button
R button
Mode Photos: shutter button Movies: R button
P
Aperture and shutter speed are
automatically adjusted for optimal
results.
The camera automatically adjusts
settings and records a movie.
A
You control aperture.
S
You control shutter speed.
M
You control aperture and shutter
speed.
A
A full auto mode in which the
camera automatically optimizes
settings for the current scene.
ART
Select an art fi lter.
SCN
Select a scene.
n
Photographs are recorded at the
settings selected in [n MODE].
Shoot movies using art fi lter or
aperture and shutter speed effects.
■ Taking photographs during movie recording
To take a photograph during movie recording, press the shutter button. Press the R
button to end recording. Three fi les will be recorded to the memory card: the movie
footage preceding the photograph, the photograph itself, and the movie footage
following the photograph.
Only one photograph can be taken at a time during movie recording; the self-timer
and fl ash can not be used.
# Caution
Image size and quality for photographs are independent of movie frame size.
The autofocus and metering used in movie mode may differ from that used to take
photographs.
The R button can not be used to record movies in the following instances:
shutter button pressed halfway/BULB/Sequential shooting/PANORAMA/multiple
exposure, etc (still photography also ends).
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