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
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.