Shooting Long Exposures

Red-eye correction may be applied to areas other than red eyes. For example, when red make-up has been used around eyes.

You can correct recorded images (p. 108).

You can also display the screen in Step 2 by pressing the r button, then the n button.

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.

1

2

Choose ≈.

Follow Steps 1 – 2 on p. 55 to choose .

Choose the shutter speed.

Press the o button.

Press the qr buttons to select the shutter speed, then press the m button.

3Confirm the exposure.

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

The brightness of the 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 eliminate noise after being taken. A certain amount of processing time may be needed before you can take the next shot.

If you attach the camera to a tripod, you should set the [IS Mode] to [Off] (p. 123).

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

84