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Shooting Long Exposures (Long Shutter)
Still Images
Movies
Specify a shutter speed of 1 – 15 seconds to shoot long exposures. In this
case, mount the camera on a tripod or take other measures to prevent
camera shake.
1
Choose [ ].
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Follow steps 1 – 2 in “Specific Scenes”
2
Choose the shutter speed.
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Press the [ ] button, choose [ ] in the
menu, and choose the desired shutter
speed (
3
Check the exposure.
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Press the shutter button halfway to view
the exposure for your selected shutter
speed.
4
Shoot.
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On-screen image brightness in step 3, when you pressed the
shutter button halfway, may not match the brightness of your
shots.
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With shutter speeds of 1.3 seconds or slower, there will be a
delay before you can shoot again, as the camera processes
images to reduce noise.
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Set [IS Mode] to [Off] when using a tripod or other means to
secure the camera (
2
Compose the shot and press the
shutter button halfway.
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Make sure a green frame is displayed
around the face you focus on and white
frames around other faces.
3
Press the shutter button all the way
down.
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The camera now enters shooting standby
mode, and [Look straight at camera to
start count down] is displayed.
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The lamp blinks and the self-timer sound
is played.
4
Join the subjects in the shooting
area and look at the camera.
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After the camera detects a new face, the
lamp blinking and self-timer sound will
speed up. (When the flash fires, the lamp
will remain lit.) About two seconds later,
the camera will shoot.
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To cancel shooting after you have
triggered the self-timer, press the
[
] button.
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Even if your face is not detected after you join the others in the
shooting area, the camera will shoot about 15 seconds later.
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To change the number of shots, press the [ ][ ] buttons
after choosing [ ] in step 1. [Blink Detection] (
available for the final shot.
