Advanced (Recording pictures)
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it will become more difficult to focus on the
subject.
• The setting for [AF ASSIST LAMP] is fixed
to [ON] in intelligent auto mode[ ].
• The setting for the [AF ASSIST LAMP] is
fixed to [OFF] in [SELF PORTRAIT],
[SCENERY], [NIGHT SCENERY],
[SUNSET], [FIREWORKS] and
[AERIAL PHOTO] in scene mode.
• The initial setting for [PET] in scene mode
is [OFF]. (P42)
Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode
menu and select the item to set. (P56)
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] 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 for taking pictures.
• You cannot set the slow shutter in the
following cases
– With the [SPORTS],
[NIGHT SCENERY], [BABY1], [BABY2],
[PET], [HI-SPEED BURST],
[STARRY SKY] or [FIREWORKS] in
scene mode.
– When [INTELLIGENT ISO] has been
set.
Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode
menu and select the item to set. (P56)
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].
• You cannot set [COOL] or [WARM] in
intelligent auto mode [ ]. Also, you
cannot set [NATURAL] or [VIVID] in
motion picture mode [ ].
• The intelligent auto mode [ ] and
motion picture mode [ ] are set
separately from the other recording
modes.
[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
[STANDARD]
This is the standard setting.
[NATURAL]
The picture becomes softer.
[VIVID] The picture becomes
sharper.
[B/W] The picture becomes black
and white.
[SEPIA] The picture becomes sepia.
[COOL] The picture becomes bluish.
[WARM] The picture becomes reddish.
/SET
MENU