Advanced (Recording pictures)65VQT1J82[AF ASSIST LAMP] to [OFF]. In this case,it will become more difficult to focus on thesubject.• The setting for [AF ASSIST LAMP] is fixedto [ON] in intelligent auto mode[ ].• The setting for the [AF ASSIST LAMP] isfixed to [OFF] in [SELF PORTRAIT],[SCENERY], [NIGHT SCENERY],[SUNSET], [FIREWORKS] and[AERIAL PHOTO] in scene mode.• The initial setting for [PET] in scene modeis [OFF]. (P41)Press [ ] to display the [REC] modemenu and select the item to set. (P55)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] inscene 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 for taking pictures.• You cannot set the slow shutter in thefollowing cases– With the [SPORTS],[NIGHT SCENERY], [BABY1], [BABY2],[PET], [HI-SPEED BURST],[STARRY SKY] or [FIREWORKS] inscene mode.– When [INTELLIGENT ISO] has beenset.Press [ ] to display the [REC] modemenu and select the item to set. (P55)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].• You cannot set [COOL] or [WARM] inintelligent auto mode [ ]. Also, youcannot set [NATURAL] or [VIVID] inmotion picture mode [ ].• The intelligent auto mode [ ] andmotion picture mode [ ] are setseparately from the other recordingmodes.[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[STANDARD] This is the standard setting.[NATURAL] The picture becomes softer.[VIVID] The picture becomessharper.[B/W] The picture becomes blackand white.[SEPIA] The picture becomes sepia.[COOL] The picture becomes bluish.[WARM] The picture becomes reddish./SETMENU