Advanced (Recording pictures)66VQT1B86• The setting for the [AF ASSIST LAMP] isfixed to [OFF] in [SELF PORTRAIT] (P44),[SCENERY] (P45), [NIGHT SCENERY](P45), [SUNSET] (P47), [FIREWORKS](P49) and [AERIAL PHOTO] (P49) inscene mode.• The initial setting for [PET] (P47) in scenemode is [OFF] .Press [ ] to display the [REC] modemenu and select the item to set. (P57)When taking pictures in dark places withlow light, you can take pictures which arebrighter than normal by selecting a settingeven slower than the slowest setting of theshutter speed.• The slow shutter speeds you can selectare: [1/8 –], [1/4 –], [1/2 –] and [1 –].• This is effective if you want to take brightpictures of both a night landscape and asubject using [NIGHT PORTRAIT] (P45)in scene mode.• This should usually be set to [1/8 –] to takepictures. (When you select a slow shutterspeed other than [1/8 –], [ ] appears onthe lower left of the screen.)• When the shutter speed is made slowerusing [SLOW SHUTTER], jitter is likely tooccur. We recommend using a tripod andthe self-timer (P38) for taking pictures.• You cannot set the slow shutter inIntelligent ISO sensitivity mode [ ] andsimple mode [ ] and [SPORTS],[NIGHT SCENERY], [BABY1]/[BABY2],[PET], [STARRY SKY] and [FIREWORKS]in scene mode.Press [ ] to display the [REC] modemenu and select the item to set. (P57)Select different items according to therecording situation and your image of therecording.• When you take pictures in dark places,noise may become visible. To avoid noise,we recommend setting [COL.MODE] to[NATURAL].[SLOW SHUTTER]Recording bright pictures in darkplacesSlow shuttersetting 1/8 – 1 –Brightness Darker BrighterJitter Less More/SETMENU[COL.MODE]Setting a color effect and picturequality for the recorded picture[NATURAL] The picture becomes softer.[VIVID] The picture becomes sharper.[COOL] The picture becomes bluish.[WARM] The picture becomes reddish.[B/W] The picture becomes blackand white.[SEPIA] The picture becomes sepia./SETMENU
