Shooting Long Exposures

You can set the shutter speed to a range between 1 and 15 seconds to shoot long exposures. However, you should attach the camera to a tripod to prevent the camera from moving and blurring the image.

Choose N.

zFollow Steps 1 – 2 on p. 62 to choose N.

Choose the shutter speed.

zTouch ).

zTouch the bar, or drag it left or right, to choose the shutter speed, then touch ^.

Confirm the exposure.

zWhen you press the shutter button halfway, the exposure for the chosen shutter speed will appear on the screen.

Shoot.

The brightness of the recorded image may differ from the brightness of

the screen in Step 3 when the shutter button was pressed halfway.

When shutter speeds of 1.3 seconds or slower are used, images are processed to reduce noise after being taken. A certain amount of processing time may be needed before you can take the next shot.

You should set the [IS Mode] to [Off] when shooting with a tripod (p. 165).

If the flash fires, the image may be overexposed. If this happens, set the flash to ! and shoot.

You can also make settings in the FUNC. menu that appears when you touch H.

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Canon 1100HS manual Shooting Long Exposures, Choose N, Choose the shutter speed, Confirm the exposure