can you take still photos?
1476955
Yes you can as the other comments covered the subject well. I have never checked but I think you need the camera operating to take a still photo?
1476956
Yes you can if it's on video mode you just simply press the photo button on top though be sure to focus it so it isn't blurry. If you want advance options switch to photo mode and simply read the instructions from that point :)
1476957
Yes. You can even take still photos while you are videotaping. There's a photo button on top of the camera by the zoom.
1089795
Yes! 100% I would recommend this camera for still picture ,bad side lenses are little expensive .
251221
Yes, it does take stills. This is awesome. We use it to take pictures of our properties and it has saved us money. We no longer have to pay someone to take them for us.
2180207
Yes you can. Just returned from a 2 week vacation on the big island of Hawaii and took some wonderful underwater pictures. Great camera. Is well worth the money.
870123
yes-I did shoot video by accident but meant to take still photos. Make sure you read the instructions clearly before you start using the camera. I made the mistake of not doing so before my trip.
701762
Yes, it does take stills. It works as a camcorder as well as a camera. I bought one for my boyfriend for Christmas and we love it.
113721
yes you can. i did not buy this camera for the video, but from the small amount i have shot so far, i am very impressed.
1290577
If you're shooting video, you can still shoot a still image using the normal shutter release, but the video will pause and record a still frame for about 1 second while the still image is shot and stored. The video will then resume.
2161448
When I bought my camera, I checked for this function. It was not possible to take a still photo while also taking movies. I suppose it is possible (although probably not likely) that there has been a 'firmware' update, and now you can, but it could not be done when I bought mine.
1043992
Yes you can pull the pics off the camera while you are still taking more. Once on the computer (or tablet or phone) they can be edited or printed or uploaded to Facebook or whatever.
1714559
yes you can. I always save my photo's as jpeg and also as a tiff . Esp if they are small or special ones I want to keep. JPEG's randomly loose pic. as you move them around. Tiffs are always the same. They are larger though but space is cheap/
1535153
Hi Theo - There is limited aperture/shutter control, so it is more difficult to take photos of fast moving objects. I would say this camera is best for still images! However, I have taken great photos even when the objects are moving. Hope this helps.
941409
There is a lock function. Not 100% sure if it would be for what you need it for but I can confirm there is a lock function that allows photos to be taken continuously back to back until you take it off
168026
Yes you can. If you do a search for images of the interface, there is a camera icon near the top right that you can click to take a picture. Picture and video quality are decent, but don't expect the same quality as even a modern cell phone.
2225599
You can not extract still images from the camera directly. You can, however, extract them from the AVI file that is created with post processing software once you download it to your PC.
266944
I heard you can but you might have to do everything manually. I'm not on this though. You could also try a camera store to see if they can give you a better answer.
1299124
Yes you can. Pressing the shutter button half way will focus and then press it rest of the way to take picture(s)