Canon PowerShot TX1 PowerShot TX1 Camera User Guide Advanced - Page 55

Setting Shutter Speed Long Shutter

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Setting Shutter Speed (Long Shutter Mode) Shooting Mode You can set the shutter speed to a slow setting to make dark subjects appear brighter. 1 FUNC. Menu . * (Exposure Compensation) See Menus and Settings (p. 21). * Default setting. Shooting 2 Press the Multi Controller or the shutter speed . z The higher the value, the brighter the image and the lower the value, the darker the image. z If you press the MENU button at this point, you will return to the Exposure Compensation setting screen. to select z Setting will be canceled when power is turned off. z The nature of CCD image sensors is such that noise in the recorded image increases at long shutter speeds. This camera, however, applies special processing to images shot at shutter speeds slower than 1.3 seconds to eliminate the noise, thereby producing high-quality images. A certain amount of processing time, however, may be required before the next image can be shot. 53

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Shooting
You can set the shutter speed to a slow setting to make dark
subjects appear brighter.
Setting Shutter Speed (Long Shutter
Mode)
Shooting Mode
1
FUNC. Menu
* (Exposure Compensation)
.
See
Menus and Settings
(p. 21).
* Default setting.
2
Press the Multi Controller
or
to select
the shutter speed
.
The higher the value, the brighter
the image and the lower the value,
the darker the image.
If you press the
MENU
button at
this point, you will return to the
Exposure Compensation setting
screen.
Setting will be canceled when power is turned off.
The nature of CCD image sensors is such that noise in the
recorded image increases at long shutter speeds. This
camera, however, applies special processing to images
shot at shutter speeds slower than 1.3 seconds to
eliminate the noise, thereby producing high-quality images.
A certain amount of processing time, however, may be
required before the next image can be shot.