61The technique basically means you will be framing the subject, pivotingyour body through a 180 degree arc following the subject in theviewfinder and trying to keep the image at one position in the frame asyou pivot.Press the shutter release as the subject is opposite you and then keepthe camera moving at the same speed and direction as you do so.I recommend that you use the EVF for this procedure as it is easier totrack the subject this way and also enable the burst firing mode (5.5 AF)but use a manually set focus point, set to the position the subject will beat when it is opposite you.You can change the shutter speed to increase, or decrease, the amountof background blur but remember to keep it high enough to preventcamera shake destroying the crispness of the main subject in thepanning sequence.Night portrait. This mode needs some care to get the result to looknatural. It basically sets the exposure to try and capture some detail inthe surrounding background, however you have to use flash as theprincipal source of light in the picture and the camera reminds you toraise the flash head.As the ambient light exposure can be up to 8 seconds it is essential touse a tripod if you are shooting in such low light.Additionally there is an equivalent time equal to that of the exposure timefor in camera noise reduction processing.Night scenery. Again this mode utilises a long time exposure to capturean image and there will be an associated noise reduction time equal tothat of the main exposure.Again it is essential to use a tripod or other means of support to get good,blur free images in this mode.
