Sony MVC-CD400 - Manual (Page 33)

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Shooting according to scene conditions (Scene Selection)
When shooting night scenes, shooting
people at night, or shooting landscapes, use
the modes listed below to improve the
quality of your images.
Twilight mode
Allows you to shoot night scenes without
losing the dark atmosphere of the
surroundings. The shutter speed becomes
slower, so we recommend that you use a
tripod to prevent shaking.
• The flash cannot be used in this mode.
Twilight portrait mode
Suitable for shooting portraits in dark
places. The shutter speed becomes slower,
so we recommend that you use a tripod to
prevent shaking.
• Allows you to shoot sharp images of people in
dark places without losing the dark atmosphere
of the surroundings.
• The flash strobes regardless of the surrounding
brightness.
Landscape mode
Focuses only on a distant subject to shoot
landscapes, etc.
• You cannot shoot in macro mode.
• The flash does not strobe automatically.
Portrait mode (MVC-CD400
only)
Suitable for shooting portraits.
Backgrounds blur away, and the subject is
sharpened.
Twilight mode Twilight portrait mode Landscape mode Portrait mode
If the shutter speed becomes 1/2 second
or slower (MVC-CD250) or
1/25 second or slower (MVC-CD400)
in the Twilight or Twilight portrait
mode, “NR” is displayed before the
shutter speed and the NR slow shutter
mode is automatically activated.
NR slow shutter
The NR slow shutter function removes
noise from recorded images to provide
clean, crisp images. Using a tripod is
recommended to prevent shaking.
Press the shutter button fully down.
r
“CAPTURING” is displayed.
The screen turns black.
r
“PROCESSING” is displayed.
r
“RECORDING” is displayed, and the
image is recorded.