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ª 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 [ ]. (P8)
Shutter speed in Night portrait mode
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
[50 cm– 4.8 m (Wide), 50 cm– 2.8 m
(Tele)].(When setting to ISO400/
AUTO)
• We recommend rotating the zoom
lever to Wide.
• The focus range is about 1 m–3 m.
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 3 m –¶.
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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. (P51)
• When you take pictures in dark places,
noises may become visible.
To avoid noises, we recommend
setting [PICT.ADJ.] to [NATURAL].
(P58)
• 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 (P28).
Flash
mode
Shutter speed
1 –1/2000th
8 –1/2000th
1600
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