Advanced (Recording pictures)
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• The setting for the [AF ASSIST LAMP] is
fixed to [OFF] in [SELF PORTRAIT] (P44),
[SCENERY] (P45), [NIGHT SCENERY]
(P45), [SUNSET] (P47), [FIREWORKS]
(P49) and [AERIAL PHOTO] (P49) in
scene mode.
• The initial setting for [PET] (P47) in scene
mode is [OFF] .
Press [
] to display the [REC] mode
menu and select the item to set. (P57)
When taking pictures in low light situations,
you can take pictures which are brighter
than normal by selecting a setting even
slower than the slowest normal shutter
speed.
• The slow shutter speeds you can select
are: [1/8 –], [1/4 –], [1/2 –] and [1 –].
• This is effective if you want to take bright
pictures of both a night landscape and a
subject using [NIGHT PORTRAIT] (P45)
in scene mode.
• This should usually be set to [1/8 –] to take
pictures. (When you select a slow shutter
speed other than [1/8 –], [
] appears on
the lower left of the monitor.)
• When the shutter speed is made slower
using [SLOW SHUTTER], jitter is likely to
occur. We recommend using a tripod and
the self-timer (P38) for taking pictures.
• You cannot set the slow shutter in Intelli-
gent ISO sensitivity mode [
] and sim-
ple mode [
] and [SPORTS],
[NIGHT SCENERY], [BABY1]/[BABY2],
[PET], [STARRY SKY] and [FIREWORKS]
in scene mode.
Press [
] to display the [REC] mode
menu and select the item to set. (P57)
Select different items according to the
recording situation and your image of the
recording.
• When you take pictures in dark places,
noise may become visible. To avoid noise,
we recommend setting [COL.MODE] to
[NATURAL].
[SLOW SHUTTER]
Recording bright pictures in dark
places
Slow shutter
setting
1/8 –
1 –
Brightness
Darker
Brighter
Jitter
Less
More
/SET
MENU
[COL.MODE]
Setting a color effect and picture
quality for the recorded picture
[NATURAL]
The picture becomes softer.
[VIVID]
The picture becomes sharper.
[COOL]
The picture becomes bluish.
[WARM]
The picture becomes reddish.
[B/W]
The picture becomes black
and white.
[SEPIA]
The picture becomes sepia.
/SET
MENU
