Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Food, Party, Candle Light

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 mode

•Use the flash. (You can set to [ ].)

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

•Keep the subject still for about 1 second after taking the 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 1.2 m (3.94 feet) to 5 m (16.4 feet).

•The shutter may remain closed (max. about 1 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 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.

1[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 becomes the same as macro mode. [5 cm (0.17 feet) (Wide)/50 cm (1.64 feet) (Tele) to ¶]

2[PARTY]

Select this when you want to take pictures at a wedding reception, an indoor party etc. This allows you to take pictures of people and the background with near real-life brightness.