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
• When selecting [NIGHT PORTRAIT], ask the subject not to move while taking a picture.
Note
• Since the shutter speed becomes slower, we recommend using a tripod and the Self-Timer for
taking pictures.
• When the camera is set to [STABILIZER] and there is very little jitter, or if [STABILIZER] is set
to [OFF], shutter speed may slow down up to 8 seconds.
• The shutter may remain closed (max. about 8 sec.) after taking the picture because of signal
processing. This is not a malfunction.
• During motion picture recording, low light settings [
] are used, which will provide
better pictures in dimly lit rooms or at nightfall.
• The range in which the focus is adjusted is shown below.
– [NIGHT PORTRAIT]: 60 cm (1.97 feet) to 10 m (32.8 feet) (Wide)
– [NIGHT SCENERY]/[ILLUMINATIONS]/[CREATIVE NIGHT SCENERY]: 5 m (16.4 feet) to
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• Noise may become visible when you take pictures in dark places.
[NIGHT PORTRAIT]
[NIGHT PORTRAIT]
Used when taking photographs of people with night scenery as a background.
• Open the flash.
(You can set to [
].)
• The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [
š
].
[NIGHT SCENERY]
Night scenery is vividly photographed with the maximum 8 second slow shutter.
• The flash setting is fixed to [
Œ
].
[ILLUMINATIONS]
Illuminations are photographed beautifully.
• The flash setting is fixed to [
Œ
].
[CREATIVE NIGHT SCENERY]
The aperture value
can be changed in the [NIGHT SCENERY] setting.
• The flash setting is fixed to [
Œ
].