71To shoot people at night and obtain a natural-looking night scene in thebackground, use the <6> (Night Portrait) mode. Flash is required.Using a tripod is also recommended.Use a wide-angle lens, Speedlite, and a tripod.When using a zoom lens, use the wide-angle end to obtain a widenight view. Also, use a tripod to prevent camera shake.Also shoot in another shooting modes.Since camera shake is prone to occur with night shots, shooting alsowith <A> and <F> is recommended.6 Shooting Night Portraits (With a Tripod)Shooting TipsTell the subject to keep still even after the flash fires.If you use the self-timer together with flash, the self-timer lamp will lightup briefly after the picture is taken.During Live View shooting, it may be difficult to focus dots of light such asin a night scene. In such a case, you should set the AF method to [Quickmode] and shoot. If it is still difficult to focus, set the lens’ focus modeswitch to [MF] and focus manually.COPY
