Shooting techniques for different targets (continued)
Slow shutter mode
1 In the setup menus, SW MODE screen, allocate one of the USER buttons to SLOWSHUT. (Page 72)
2 Press the USER button you have allocated to SLOWSHUT to enter the slow shutter mode. Each time you press SPEED SEL, the shutter speed changes as shown below.
When progressive mode is off (60i)
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1/15 
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When progressive mode is on (30P)
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1/8 
1/15
When progressive mode is on (24P/24PA)
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•“PROCESSING…” appears on the display for a few moments after you enter the slow shutter mode while the camera makes the necessary settings.
•Press the USER button you have allocated to SLOWSHUT again to exit the slow shutter mode and return to the previous mode.
•The slow shutter mode is also canceled if you turn the camera off then on again.
•You cannot control the gain while in slow shutter mode. The gain will be fixed at 0 dB.
•While shooting you cannot change the slow shutter mode settings or exit the mode.
•If you are using a shutter speed selected with the SPEED SEL button (Page 39) you cannot switch to slow shutter mode (“INVALID” appears on the screen).
First press the SHUTTER button to return to normal (OFF), then switch to slow shutter mode.
PUSH STILL
SLOW 1/4
The current slow shutter speed appears on the viewfinder and LCD screens unless you have selected OFF in OTHER DISPLAY in the DISPLAY SETUP screen of the setup menus.
Synchro scan
Set the shutter speed of the synchro scan (used when shooting a television or computer monitor) in the setup menus, CAMERA SETUP screen, SYNCRO SCAN. (Page 71)
•Adjust the shutter speed to match the frequency of the television or computer monitor to minimize the horizontal noise that appears when shooting such subjects.
•By switching to progressive mode you can also shoot PAL system television screens.
You can change the progressive mode in the setup menu with PROGRESSIVE in the SCENE FILE screen (Page 70).
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