Advanced (Recording pictures)
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• The initial setting for [PET] (P48) in scene
mode is [OFF] .
Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode
menu and select the item to set. (P58)
When taking pictures in dark places with
low light, you can take pictures which are
brighter than normal by selecting a setting
even slower than the slowest setting of the
shutter speed.
• The slow shutter speeds you can select
are: [1/8 –], [1/4 –], [1/2 –] and [1 –].
• This is effective if you want to take bright
pictures of both a night landscape and a
subject using [NIGHT PORTRAIT] (P46)
in scene mode.
• This should usually be set to [1/8 –] to take
pictures. (When you select a slow shutter
speed other than [1/8 –], [ ] appears on
the lower left of the screen.)
• When the shutter speed is made slower
using [SLOW SHUTTER], jitter is likely to
occur. We recommend using a tripod and
the self-timer (P39) for taking pictures.
• You cannot set the slow shutter in
Intelligent ISO sensitivity mode [ ] and
simple mode [ ] and [SPORTS],
[NIGHT SCENERY], [BABY1]/[BABY2],
[PET], [STARRY SKY] and [FIREWORKS]
in scene mode.
Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode
menu and select the item to set. (P58)
Select different items according to the
recording situation and your image of the
recording.
• When you take pictures in dark places,
noise may become visible. To avoid noise,
we recommend setting [COL.MODE] to
[NATURAL].
[SLOW SHUTTER]
Recording bright pictures in dark
places
Slow shutter
setting
1/8– 1–
Brightness Darker Brighter
Jitter Less More
/SET
MENU
[COL.MODE]
Setting a colour effect and picture
quality for the recorded picture
[NATURAL]
The picture becomes softer.
[VIVID]
The picture becomes sharper.
[COOL] The picture becomes bluish.
[WARM] The picture becomes reddish.
[B/W] The picture becomes black
and white.
[SEPIA] The picture becomes sepia.
/SET
MENU