Video and Still at same time: I am using a Canon 1d-Mk4 I am new to shooting video and While shooting a video- I tried also to capture a still shot and the camera temporarily froze and...

ZSHOTS

I am using a Canon 1d-Mk4 I am new to shooting video and While shooting a video- I tried also to capture a still shot and the camera temporarily froze and then video stopped ... Is there a setting to prevent this from happening ? Or is it not possible to do both at the same time ?

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

ZSHOTS wrote:

I am using a Canon 1d-Mk4 I am new to shooting video and While shooting a video- I tried also to capture a still shot and the camera temporarily froze and then video stopped ... Is there a setting to prevent this from happening ? Or is it not possible to do both at the same time ?

As this camera was introduced in 2009 and discontinued in 2012 I am not sure that it would let you do that. You might have to use the video editor that came with the camera and edit from a video by advancing the film one frame at a time.

imagesintime Loc: small town, mid-America

ZSHOTS wrote:

I am using a Canon 1d-Mk4 I am new to shooting video and While shooting a video- I tried also to capture a still shot and the camera temporarily froze and then video stopped ... Is there a setting to prevent this from happening ? Or is it not possible to do both at the same time ?

That's the way it works. You will have about a one second gap in your video each time you take a still photo.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

If you really want to do this, trade in your camera gear and get a Panasonic Lumix GH4 system. That camera shoots excellent 4K video and takes 8MP still images with no interruptions while doing so.

imagesintime Loc: small town, mid-America

burkphoto wrote:

If you really want to do this, trade in your camera gear and get a Panasonic Lumix GH4 system. That camera shoots excellent 4K video and takes 8MP still images with no interruptions while doing so.

I wonder why the operating instructions say this -

Creative Video Mode (P64)
Records a motion picture with the aperture value and the shutter speed you specify. In this recording mode, all the motion picture functions become available. For example, you can record motion pictures in 4K (motion pictures with their size set to [4K] or [C4K] in [Rec Quality]).
* You cannot take still pictures.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

imagesintime wrote:

I wonder why the operating instructions say this -

Creative Video Mode (P64)
Records a motion picture with the aperture value and the shutter speed you specify. In this recording mode, all the motion picture functions become available. For example, you can record motion pictures in 4K (motion pictures with their size set to [4K] or [C4K] in [Rec Quality]).
* You cannot take still pictures.

Not in *Creative* Video Mode. But in regular video mode, you can.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2014/09/18/firmware-updates-will-bring-4k-photo-mode-to-panasonic-gh4-fz1000

imagesintime Loc: small town, mid-America

burkphoto wrote:

Not in *Creative* Video Mode. But in regular video mode, you can.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2014/09/18/firmware-updates-will-bring-4k-photo-mode-to-panasonic-gh4-fz1000

Okay. The on-line manual says nothing about regular video.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

imagesintime wrote:

Okay. The on-line manual says nothing about regular video.

The link I posted leads to the solution.

imagesintime Loc: small town, mid-America

burkphoto wrote:

The link I posted leads to the solution.

Interesting work around. It doesn't really take a still picture, it just marks the video frame being exposed when you press the shutter button.

imagesintime Loc: small town, mid-America

burkphoto wrote:

The link I posted leads to the solution.

Reading more, I see what the trade off is. Using the GH4 you get the continuous video, but give up half the still picture resolution. Always sometihing.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

imagesintime wrote:

Reading more, I see what the trade off is. Using the GH4 you get the continuous video, but give up half the still picture resolution. Always sometihing.

8.2 MP is a nice size file that will yield 16x9 inch photo quality prints. That suits my needs just fine, for PDF documents and displays.