Sony MVC-CD400 User Manual

When shooting night scenes, shooting 
people at night, or shooting landscapes, use 
the modes listed below to improve the 
quality of your images.

Allows you to shoot night scenes without 
losing the dark atmosphere of the 
surroundings. The shutter speed becomes 
slower, so we recommend that you use a 
tripod to prevent shaking.

The flash cannot be used in this mode.

Suitable for shooting portraits in dark 
places. The shutter speed becomes slower, 
so we recommend that you use a tripod to 
prevent shaking.

Allows you to shoot sharp images of people in 
dark places without losing the dark atmosphere 
of the surroundings.

The flash strobes regardless of the surrounding 
brightness.

Focuses only on a distant subject to shoot 
landscapes, etc.

You cannot shoot in macro mode.

The flash does not strobe automatically.

Suitable for shooting portraits. 
Backgrounds blur away, and the subject is 
sharpened.

If the shutter speed becomes 1/2 second 
or slower (MVC-CD250) or 
1/25 second or slower (MVC-CD400) 
in the Twilight or Twilight portrait 
mode, “NR” is displayed before the 
shutter speed and the NR slow shutter 
mode is automatically activated.

The NR slow shutter function removes 
noise from recorded images to provide 
clean, crisp images. Using a tripod is 
recommended to prevent shaking.

Press the shutter button fully down.

r

“CAPTURING” is displayed. 
The screen turns black.

r

“PROCESSING” is displayed.

r

“RECORDING” is displayed, and the 
image is recorded.