Recording pictures (advanced)
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Taking Pictures using Night Portrait Mode
Night portrait mode allows you to take pictures against a nighttime landscape. By
using the flash and a slow shutter speed, the picture will show the subject and the
background brighter than they appear in real life.
Preparation
• Set the mode dial to [
]. (P29)
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Shutter speed in Night portrait
mode
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Technique for Night portrait mode
• We recommend using a tripod since
the shutter speed becomes slow in a
dark setting (max. about 1 second).
• Keep the subject still for about
1 second after taking a picture.
• The subject should be positioned
within the available flash range as
follows:
[1.64 feet (50 cm) – 15.7 feet (4.8 m)
(Wide), 1.64 feet (50 cm) – 9.19 feet
(2.8 m) (Tele)].
(When setting to [ISO400]/[AUTO])
• We recommend rotating the zoom
lever to Wide.
• The focus range is about 3.28 feet
(1 m) – 9.84 feet (3 m).
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When taking picture of a
landscape at night
• When flash is set to Forced OFF
[
], you can capture the night
illumination scenery itself with slower
shutter speed. (Max: about 8 seconds)
• The focus range is about 9.84 feet
(3 m) –
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.
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Suggestions/Tips
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• Flash setting is fixed to Slow sync./
Red-eye reduction [
].
• The shutter may be kept closed
(max. about 8 seconds) after taking a
picture with slow shutter speed, but it
is not a malfunction.
• When the flash is set to Forced OFF
[
] in Night portrait mode and you
record the subject except the night
illumination scenery, the hue may
change due to the [AUTO] setting in
white balance.
• You can change the white balance
setting. (P60)
• When you take pictures in dark places,
noises may become visible.
To avoid noises, we recommend
setting [PICT.ADJ.] to [NATURAL].
(P72)
• When you record pictures in dark
places, it may be difficult to focus on
the subject. We recommend recording
pictures in bright places with contrast
using the AF/AE lock (P33).
Flash
mode
Shutter speed
1 – 1/2000th
8 – 1/2000th
1600
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