6Shooting Night Portraits (With a Tripod)

To shoot people at night and obtain a natural-looking night scene in the background, use the <6> (Night Portrait) mode. Flash is required. Using a tripod is also recommended.

Shooting Tips

Use a wide-angle lens, Speedlite, and a tripod.

When using a zoom lens, use the wide-angle end to obtain a wide night view. Also, use a tripod to prevent camera shake.

Also shoot in another shooting modes.

Since camera shake is prone to occur with night shots, shooting also with <A> and <F> is recommended.

Tell the subject to keep still even after the flash fires.

If you use the self-timer together with flash, the self-timer lamp will light up briefly after the picture is taken.

During Live View shooting, it may be difficult to focus dots of light such as in a night scene. In such a case, you should set the AF method to [Quick mode] and shoot. If it is still difficult to focus, set the lens’ focus mode switch to [MF] and focus manually.

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