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 .

zFollow Steps 1 – 2 on p. 64 to choose ≈.

Choose the shutter speed.

zPress the o button.

zPress the qr buttons to choose the shutter speed, then press the m button.

Confirm the exposure.

zWhen 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.

You should set the [IS Mode] to [Off] when shooting with a tripod (p. 175).

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

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