Shooting
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You can set the shutter speed to a slow setting to make dark
subjects appear brighter.
Setting the Shutter Speed
(Long Shutter Mode)
1
FUNC. Menu * (Exposure Compensation) .
See Menus and Settings (p. 22).
*Default setting.
2
Use the or button to select the shutter
speed .
zThe higher the value, the brighter
the image and the lower the value,
the darker the image.
zIf you press the MENU button at
this point, you will return to the
Exposure Compensation setting
screen.
z The setting cancels when the camera's power is turned
off.
z The nature of CCD image sensors is such that noise in the
recorded image increases at long shutter speeds. This
camera, however, applies special processing to images
shot at shutter speeds slower than 1.3 seconds to
eliminate the noise, thereby producing high-quality
images. A certain amount of processing time, however,
may be required before the next image can be shot.