VQT3A48108RecordingNote• Aperture value– Set the aperture value to a higher number when you want a sharp focus background. Set theaperture value to a lower number when you want a soft focus background.• Shutter speed– When you want to take a sharp picture of a fast moving subject, set with a faster shutterspeed. When you want to create a trail effect, set to a slower shutter speed.– Manually setting a higher shutter speed may increase the noise on-screen due to the higher sensitivity.– Colour or brightness of the image may change, or you may see horizontal bars on the sidesof the image when the subject is recorded in an extremely bright place or under fluorescentlight, mercury light, sodium light, etc. In this case, record in another recording mode ormanually adjust the shutter speed to 1/60 or 1/100.• Refer to “ Recording Motion Picture” on P43 for other settings and operations for recording motion pictures.[REC] Mode:Recording still pictures while recording motionpicturesStill pictures can be recorded even while recording a motion picture. (simultaneous recording)∫ Setting motion picture and still picture priorities1 Select [PICTURE MODE] from the [MOTION PICTURE] Mode menu. (P55)2 Press 3/4 to select the item and then press [MENU/SET].Note• The picture aspect ratio will be fixed to [W].• Simultaneous recording is not possible in the following cases:– When [MOTION JPEG] is set to [ ] or [ ]– When [EX. TELE CONV.] is used [only when [ ] (still picture priorities) is set]During motion picture recording, press theshutter button fully to record a still picture.• Simultaneous recording indicator A is displayed whilerecording still pictures.• You can also take pictures using the Touch Shutter function(P38).Item Settings(Motion picturepriorities)• Pictures will be recorded with a picture size of [S] (2 M). Thepicture quality may be different to [S] (2 M) of standard pictures.• Only JPEG images are recorded when [QUALITY] is set to[ ], [ ] or [ ]. (When set to [ ], still pictures willbe recorded in [QUALITY] of [A].)• Up to 30 still pictures can be recorded during recording of themotion picture.(Still picturepriorities)• Pictures will be recorded with the set picture size and quality.• The screen will go dark while recording pictures. A still picturewill be recorded in the motion picture during that period, andaudio is not recorded.• Up to 8 still pictures can be recorded during recording of themotion picture.A
