Shooting Low-lit Scenes (Low Noise Night Mode)

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The ISO sensitivity is controlled automatically to a high level. This allows you to capture the atmosphere of a low-lit scene and shoot pictures with a low amount of noise without using the flash. It also reduces the effects of camera shake and subject movement when shooting at the telephoto zoom position.

•The available image size is C 2048×1536 or smaller.

•The ISO sensitivity is set automatically within the range of ISO 400 to 12800.

1 Rotate the mode dial to O(low noise night).

• The camera enters low noise night mode.

2 Frame the subject and take the picture.

• In the default setting, the camera automatically selects one or more of the nine focus areas containing the subject closest to the camera. When the subject is in focus, the focus area (active focus area) lights in green (maximum of nine areas) (A84).

•To use the flash, raise the built-in flash.

CFunctions Available in Low Noise Night Mode

•The flash mode (A32) can be changed, and the self-timer (A35), focus mode (A40), AF area mode (A84) and exposure compensation (A43) can be adjusted.

•Rotate the quick menu dial to aor cand press the quick menu button to select the following settings.

-a: Image quality (A68) and Image size (A70)

NRW (RAW) pictures cannot be recorded. Only the following image sizes are available:

C2048×1536 (default setting), B1600×1200, A1280×960, J1024×768 and f 640×480.

The settings in Image quality and Image size are not applied to other shooting modes.

-c: White balance (A76)

•The functions in the low noise night menu can be set. See “Low Noise Night Menu” (A59) for more information.

CBuilt-in ND Filter

When the subject is too bright, set Built-in ND filter (A184) in the setup menu (A167) to reduce

58the light and shoot.