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Taking Pictures Using Night Portait Mode

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Recording pictures (advanced) Taking Pictures using Night Portrait Mode Night Portrait Mode allows you to take pictures against a nighttime landscape. By using the flash and a slow shutter speed, the picture will show the subject and the background brighter than they appear in real life. Preparation • Set the mode dial to [ ]. (P29) 1600 1 19 ª Shutter speed in Night portrait mode Flash mode Shutter speed Stabilizer function [MODE1] [MODE2] 1/8th - 1/2000th Stabilizer function 1 - 1/2000th [OFF] 8 - 1/2000th ª Technique for Night portrait mode • When you record pictures holding the camera with your hands, keep the camera firmly with activating the stabilizer function. (Shutter speed: max. 1/8th) When you turn the stabilizer function to [OFF], we recommend using a tripod since the shutter speed becomes slow (max. about 1 second). • Keep the subject still for about 1 second after taking a picture. • The subject should be positioned within the available flash range [1.31 feet (40 cm) - 10.8 feet (3.3 m) (Wide), 1.31 feet (40 cm) - 6.56 feet (2 m) (Tele)]. (When setting to ISO200/AUTO) • We recommend rotating the zoom lever to Wide. • The focus range is 3.28 feet (1 m) - 9.84 feet (3 m). ª When taking picture of a landscape at night • When flash is set to Forced OFF [ ], you can capture the night illumination scenery itself with slower shutter speed. (Max: about 8 seconds) • The focus range is 9.84 feet (3 m) - ¶. ¬Suggestions/Tips ¬ • Flash setting is fixed to Slow sync./ Red-eye reduction [ ]. • The shutter may be kept closed (max. about 8 seconds) after taking a picture with slow shutter speed, but it is not a malfunction. • You can change the white balance setting. (P58) • When you take pictures in dark places, noises may become visible. To avoid noises, we recommend setting [PICT.ADJ.] to [NATURAL]. (P70) • When you record pictures in dark places, it may be difficult to focus on the subject. We recommend recording pictures in bright places with contrast using the AF/AE lock (P33). 54

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Recording pictures (advanced)
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Taking Pictures using Night Portrait Mode
Night Portrait Mode allows you to take pictures against a nighttime landscape. By
using the flash and a slow shutter speed, the picture will show the subject and the
background brighter than they appear in real life.
Preparation
• Set the mode dial to [
]. (P29)
ª
Shutter speed in Night portrait
mode
ª
Technique for Night portrait mode
• When you record pictures holding the
camera with your hands, keep the
camera firmly with activating the
stabilizer function. (Shutter speed:
max. 1/8th) When you turn the
stabilizer function to [OFF], we
recommend using a tripod since the
shutter speed becomes slow (max.
about 1 second).
• Keep the subject still for about
1 second after taking a picture.
• The subject should be positioned
within the available flash range
[1.31 feet (40 cm) – 10.8 feet (3.3 m)
(Wide), 1.31 feet (40 cm) – 6.56 feet
(2 m) (Tele)].
(When setting to ISO200/AUTO)
• We recommend rotating the zoom
lever to Wide.
• The focus range is 3.28 feet
(1 m) – 9.84 feet (3 m).
ª
When taking picture of a
landscape at night
• When flash is set to Forced OFF
[
], you can capture the night
illumination scenery itself with slower
shutter speed. (Max: about 8 seconds)
• The focus range is 9.84 feet (3 m) –
.
¬
Suggestions/Tips
¬
• Flash setting is fixed to Slow sync./
Red-eye reduction [
].
• The shutter may be kept closed
(max. about 8 seconds) after taking a
picture with slow shutter speed, but it
is not a malfunction.
• You can change the white balance
setting. (P58)
•
When you take pictures in dark places,
noises may become visible.
To avoid noises, we recommend
setting [PICT.ADJ.] to [NATURAL].
(P70)
• When you record pictures in dark
places, it may be difficult to focus on
the subject. We recommend recording
pictures in bright places with contrast
using the AF/AE lock (P33).
Flash
mode
Shutter speed
Stabilizer
function
[MODE1]
[MODE2]
1/8th – 1/2000th
Stabilizer
function
[OFF]
1 – 1/2000th
8 – 1/2000th
1600
19
1