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Shooting Night Scenes
When shooting night scenes or other dark subjects, mount the camera on a tripod and
select a slow shutter speed (1/2 sec. or more).
If you select any mode where the exposure is set
automatically (
P
or
A
) and raise the built-in flash, the
shutter speed cannot be set slower than 1/30 and
you cannot achieve the correct exposure of a night
scene. If you want to shoot a night scene, take the
picture with the flash closed. With the flash closed,
the shutter speed is set for up to 2 seconds.
For an extremely dark scene, use the manual mode
(
M
) so you can select a shutter speed of up to 60
seconds, or you can select the bulb mode so you can
keep the shutter open up to 8 min, as long as you
keep the shutter button depressed.
Note
• We recommend using a tripod to avoid camera shake.
Selecting Aperture and Shutter Speed Manually
(
➞
76)
For the metering method, select digital ESP or Center
weighted averaging metering, as Spot metering will
measure only the light in a very small area in the
center of the picture.
Selecting the Metering Method (
➞
83)
You can select a higher ISO setting to brighten your
pictures, but this can also cause your pictures to
appear grainy. We recommend that you test a variety
of settings to achieve the effect that you want.
Changing the ISO setting (
➞
88)
If you have difficulty in focusing the subject, use
manual focusing.
Using Manual Focus (MF) (
➞
68)
Color not what you expect?
Set white balance (color temperature) for 5500K.
Using Preset White Balance (
➞
107)
Night scene shot with automatic
exposure
Night scene shot with slow shutter
speed
