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Shooting Long Exposures

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Shooting Long Exposures You can set the shutter speed between 1 and 15 seconds and shoot long exposures. However, you should attach the camera to a tripod so that the camera does not move and blur the image. Select [Long Shutter]. ● Press the m button, select the FUNC. menu #, and press the l button. Select the shutter speed. ● Press the qr buttons or turn the  dial, select shutter speed and press the m button. ● Pressing the l button will return you to the exposure compensation screen. Confirm the exposure. ● When you press the shutter button halfway, the exposure for the chosen shutter speed will appear. • The brightness of the image may differ from the brightness of the screen in Step 3 when the shutter button was pressed halfway. • When shutter speeds of 1.3 seconds or slower are used, images are processed to eliminate noise after being taken. A certain amount of processing time may be needed before you can take the next shot. • It is recommended that when shooting with a tripod, to set the [IS Mode] to [Off] (p. 139). If the flash fires, the image may be overexposed. If this happens, set the flash to ! and shoot. 86

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You can set the shutter speed between 1 and 15 seconds and shoot long
exposures. However, you should attach the camera to a tripod so that the
camera does not move and blur the image.
Select [Long Shutter].
●
Press the
m
button, select the FUNC.
menu
#
, and press the
l
button.
Select the shutter speed.
●
Press the
qr
buttons or turn the
Â
dial,
select shutter speed and press the
m
button.
●
Pressing the
l
button will return you
to the exposure compensation screen.
Confirm the exposure.
●
When you press the shutter button
halfway, the exposure for the chosen
shutter speed will appear.
Shooting Long Exposures
•
The brightness of the image may differ from the brightness of the screen
in Step 3 when the shutter button was pressed halfway.
•
When shutter speeds of 1.3 seconds or slower are used, images are
processed to eliminate noise after being taken. A certain amount of
processing time may be needed before you can take the next shot.
•
It is recommended that when shooting with a tripod, to set the [IS Mode]
to [Off] (p. 139).
If the flash fires, the image may be overexposed. If this happens, set the
flash to
!
and shoot.