Sony DCR-IP55 Manual

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OFF
ON
NIGHTSHOT
NIGHTSHOT
SUPER
SLOW S
COLOR
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/Color Slow Shutter
Using NightShot
NightShot enables you to shoot a subject in a dark place. For example, you can
satisfactorily record the environment of nocturnal animals for observation when you
use this function.
Set the POWER switch to CAMERA or MEMORY/NETWORK (DCR-IP55 only) and set
NIGHTSHOT to ON.
 and “NIGHTSHOT” indicators flash on the LCD screen. To cancel NightShot, set
NIGHTSHOT to OFF.
Using Super NightShot
Super NightShot makes subjects more than 16 times brighter than those recorded in
NightShot.
(1) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA.
(2) Set NIGHTSHOT to ON. The 
 and “NIGHTSHOT” indicators flash on the LCD
screen.
(3) Press SUPER NIGHTSHOT.
The 
 and “SUPER NIGHTSHOT“ indicators flash on the LCD screen.
To cancel Super NightShot, press SUPER NIGHTSHOT again.
Using the NightShot Light
The picture will be clearer with the NightShot Light on. To activate NightShot Light, set
N.S.LIGHT to ON in the menu settings (The default setting is ON) (p. 175).
Using Color Slow Shutter
Color Slow Shutter enables you to record color images in a dark place.
(1) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA.
(2) Set NIGHTSHOT to OFF.
(3) Press COLOR SLOW S.
The 
 and COLOR SLOW SHUTTER indicators flash on the LCD screen.
To cancel the Color Slow Shutter function, press COLOR SLOW S again.
Infrared rays (NightShot Light)
emitter
Recording a picture