How to create a still picture from a motion picture.

A single frame from the recorded motion picture can be saved as a still picture. The size of pictures to be recorded is determined by their scene type.


Scene Types and Their Picture Sizes
Scene Type Picture Size
AVCHD scenes [2.1M] 1920 x 1080
Scenes recorded as Backup for Twin Camera
Scenes recorded in the recording format
[MP4 / iFrame]
Scenes saved in MP4 (1920x1080/30p)
Scenes saved in MP4 (1280x720/30p)
Scenes saved in MP4 (640x360/30p) [0.2M] 640 x 360
4K MP4 scenes* [8.3M] 3840 x 2160
* HC-VX870 only

Creating your still picture

Press [Still] fully at the location to be saved as a still picture during playback.

  • It is convenient to use Pause, Slow-motion Playback and Frame-by-frame Playback.
  • Date the motion picture was recorded will be registered as date of the still picture.
  • Quality will be different from the normal still picture.
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