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U
Choose the role played by pressing the shutter-release button
when 1 is selected with the live view selector.
g4: Assign Shutter Button
G button ➜ A Custom Settings menu
Option Description
C
Take photos
Press the shutter-release button all the way down to
end movie recording and take a photograph with an
aspect ratio that matches that of a movie frame (for
information on image size, see page 70).
1
Record movies
Press the shutter-release button halfway to start
movie live view.
You can then press the shutter-
release button halfway to focus (autofocus mode
only) and press it all the way down to start or end
recording.
To end movie live view, press the a
button.
The shutter-release button on an optional
wireless remote controller or remote cord (0 411,
412) functions in the same way as the camera
shutter-release button.
x
Live frame grab
If the shutter-release button is pressed all the way
down during movie recording, the camera will
record a photograph without interrupting movie
recording.
Photos are recorded at an image quality
of JPEG fine and the size selected for Movie settings
> Frame size/frame rate in the shooting menu
(0 74).
Note that during movie recording, photos
are taken one at a time regardless of the release
mode selected; this restriction does not apply if
movie recording is not currently in progress.
A Record Movies
When this option is selected, interval timer photography (0 221) is not
available and any functions assigned to the shutter-release button
(such as taking photographs, measuring preset white balance, and
taking image dust-off reference photos) can not be used when 1 is
selected with the live view selector.
Select Take photos or Live frame
grab to use these options.