Advanced (Recording pictures)
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This allows you to take pictures of a person and the background with near real-life
brightness.
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Technique for Night portrait mode
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Since the shutter speed becomes slower, we recommend using a tripod and the self-timer for
taking pictures.
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When [NIGHT PORTRAIT] is selected, keep the subject still for about 1 second after taking the
picture.
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When [NIGHT PORTRAIT] is selected, we recommend rotating the zoom lever to Wide (1
k
)
and being about 1.5 m from the subject when taking a picture.
Note
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The range in which the focus is adjusted is shown below.
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[NIGHT PORTRAIT]: 0.9 m to 5 m (wide)
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[NIGHT SCENERY]/[CREATIVE NIGHT SCENERY]/[ILLUMINATIONS]: 5 m to
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Noise may become visible when you take pictures in dark places.
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The shutter may remain closed (max. about 8 sec.) after taking the picture because of signal
processing. This is not a malfunction.
[NIGHT PORTRAIT]
[NIGHT PORTRAIT]
Uses when taking photographs of people with night scenery as a background.
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Open the flash.
(You can set to [
].)
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The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [
š
].
[NIGHT SCENERY]
Night scenery is vividly photographed with the maximum 8 second slow shutter.
[ILLUMINATIONS]
Illuminations are photographed beautifully.
[CREATIVE NIGHT SCENERY]
The aperture value
(P81)
can be changed in the [NIGHT SCENERY] setting.