HC90E: How to take hi-res photos in 'Tape' mode?

Maybe someone can help me out here?

Recently I started to use my Sony HC90E to take photos also. When I am in 'Memory' mode the photos I take, come out in 2016 x 1512 pixel resolution... but when I take photos while I am recording in 'Tape' mode (16:9), the photos only come out in a low-res 640 x 360 pixels.

I have searched through the user manual and all the settings on the camcorder, but I cannot find that one setting that allows me to snap hi-res photos while I am recording a movie to tape. Unless, it's not possible (I can't understand why it should not be)?

Thanks.
:confused:

You can't.
That cam will only take stills at the res you got while in Tape mode.

Bummer! Really bizarre, but thanks all the same.

:(

its a hardware limitation.

You cant take video at one shutter speed/aperture/ISO and take a still at another shutter speed/aperture/ISO all at the same time :)

So, it does the next best thing, snaps a shot of the current video frame.

I am planning to use this camcorder for recording my surgical videos. My surgical camera outputs 1920*1080 so then will it record the still images at the high resolution?