Exposure Trick

[javayoda]

I've seen quite a few posts about pressing the photo button half-way to get the shutter and iris settings. Supposedly this works if you have an SD card in the camera.

For the life of me I can't get it to work. Whenever I press the button half-way, I get a red flashing icon that looks like an SD card. There is a card in the camera - when in card mode, I can view the still images I've taken.

What's the secret?

[Peter Galbavy]

Is there enough space to take any more images ?

[Rumpelgeist]

I've seen quite a few posts about pressing the photo button half-way to get the shutter and iris settings. Supposedly this works if you have an SD card in the camera.

For the life of me I can't get it to work. Whenever I press the button half-way, I get a red flashing icon that looks like an SD card. There is a card in the camera - when in card mode, I can view the still images I've taken.

What's the secret?

Make sure that you:

* turned on "Still Image Simultaneous Recording" option (pp 53-54 of the User's Manual)
* Selected desired still Image size (p 53)
* Turned off all digital effects (See note on p 54)
* Your card must be compatible too, but since you are able to view images from it you are apparently ok.

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Michael, Canon Elura User Pages

[Cumulus]

On my European HV20 i had to enable the photo-mode for video-recording.

- Power Switch to "Camera"
- Press "Func" Button
- Second Option from the BOTTOM up. Set to "1920x1080"

Now it should work.

CU
Markus

[javayoda]

On my European HV20 i had to enable the photo-mode for video-recording.

- Power Switch to "Camera"
- Press "Func" Button
- Second Option from the BOTTOM up. Set to "1920x1080"

Now it should work.

CU
Markus

That was it. Thank you!

[joe12south]

Also note, it doesn't give you the info when you are actually recording video, only standby mode.