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Improving your shooting skills 
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 Shooting guides
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Taking night scene pictures
There are different types of night scenes, from the afterglow of a sunset and city lights at 
night to special light displays and firework displays.
Using a tripod
Because a slow shutter speed is needed to capture night 
scenes, a tripod is required to prevent camera shake. If a 
tripod is not available, you should place the camera on a 
stable surface to prevent camera shake. Even if the camera 
is secured, camera shake may occur when pressing the 
shutter button. Therefore, it is recommended to use the 
remote control or self timer.
Changing shooting mode
Night scenes have different levels of brightness, and the balance of the brightness in the 
composition is not uniform. Start by using A (aperture priority shooting) mode to take the 
picture. Set the aperture to the medium setting (about F8 or F11) and allow the camera to 
automatically select the shutter speed. When shooting a night scene, because the camera 
sets the exposure to match the dark areas which occupy a majority of the composition and 
the image often turns out whitish (overexposed), adjust the exposure compensation to -1 or 
-1.5. Use [REC VIEW] to check the image and adjust the aperture and exposure 
compensation as necessary.
Image noise can easily occur when shooting at slow shutter speeds. In this case, set [NOISE 
REDUCT.]
 to [ON] to reduce noise.
Using manual focus
In cases where you cannot use AF (auto focus) to focus on the 
subject because the subject is too dark or you cannot focus in time to 
take pictures, such as during a fireworks display, set the focus mode 
to [MF] (manual focus) and focus manually. To take pictures of night 
scenes, turn the focus ring of the lens and check whether you can 
see the lights of the night scene clearly. To take pictures of a 
fireworks display, adjust the focus of the lens to infinite unless you 
are using a long focus lens. If you know the approximate distance to 
the subject, it is recommended that you focus on something that is at 
the same distance in advance.
g “P: Program shooting” (P. 31), “A: Aperture priority 
shooting” (P. 32), “Sequential shooting/Self-timer/Remote 
control” (P. 45), “Focus mode” (P. 49), “Noise reduction” (P. 62), “Rec view 
k Checking the 
picture immediately after shooting” (P. 82)
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