Advanced (Recording pictures)

[NIGHT PORTRAIT]

This allows you to take pictures of a person and the background with near real-life brightness.

Technique for Night Portrait ModeUse the flash. (You can set to [].)

Since the shutter speed becomes slower, we recommend using a tripod and the self-timer for taking pictures.

Ask the subject not to move while taking a picture.

We recommend rotating the zoom lever to Wide (1k) and being about 1.5 m (4.92 feet) from the subject when taking a picture.

Note

The focus range is 90 cm (2.96 feet) (Wide)/1.2 m (3.94 feet) (Tele) to 5 m (16.4 feet).

The shutter may remain closed (max. about 8 sec.) after taking the picture because of signal processing. This is not a malfunction.

Noise may become visible when you take pictures in dark places.

The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [š].

[NIGHT SCENERY]This allows you to take vivid pictures of the nightscape.Technique for Night Scenery Mode

When the camera is set to [STABILIZER] and there is very little jitter, or if [STABILIZER] is set to [OFF], shutter speed may slow down up to 8 seconds. We recommend using the tripod and the self-timer for taking picture.

Note

The flash setting is fixed to [Œ].

The focus range is 5 m (16.4 feet) to ¶.

The shutter may remain closed (max. about 8 sec.) after taking the picture because of signal processing. This is not a malfunction.

Noise may become visible when you take pictures in dark places.

[FOOD]

This mode allows you to take pictures of food with a natural hue without being affected by the ambient light in restaurants etc.

Note

The focus range is 5 cm (0.17 feet) (Wide)/30 cm (0.99 feet) (Tele) to ¶.

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