Time exposures
Time photographs can be taken in the manual-exposure mode. Exposures up to thirty seconds can be made. The use of a tripod is recommended. The camera’s exposure system cannot be used to calculate time exposures. A separate light meter can be used to determine the exposure.
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Use the down key of the controller to decrease the shutter speed below 15 seconds until “T” is displayed.
Set the aperture using the left/right keys of the controller.
To take the picture, press the shutter-release button
(1) once to begin the exposure. Press it again to end the exposure.
A message is displayed during the exposure. Noise-reduction processing is applied to the image after the exposure. Noise reduction can be canceled in section 2 of the setup menu (p. 90).
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