Shooting long exposures, Shooting long exposures (long shutter) – Canon PowerShot SX600 HS User Manual

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Before Use

Basic Guide

Advanced Guide

Camera Basics
Auto Mode / Hybrid

Auto Mode
Other Shooting

Modes
P Mode

Playback Mode

Wi-Fi Functions

Setting Menu

Accessories

Appendix

Index

Before Use

Basic Guide

Advanced Guide

Camera Basics
Auto Mode / Hybrid

Auto Mode
Other Shooting

Modes
P Mode

Playback Mode

Wi-Fi Functions

Setting Menu

Accessories

Appendix

Index

4

Join the subjects in the

shooting area and look at the

camera.

z

z

After the camera detects a new face, the

lamp blinking and self-timer sound will

speed up. (When the flash fires, the lamp

will remain lit.) About two seconds later,

the camera will shoot.

z

z

To cancel shooting after you have

triggered the self-timer, press the

<

n> button.

•

Even if your face is not detected after you join the others in the shooting area,

the camera will shoot about 15 seconds later.

•

To change the number of shots, press the <

o><p> buttons after choosing

[

] in step 1. [Blink Detection] (

=

37

) is only available for the final shot.

Still Images

Shooting Long Exposures (Long Shutter)

Specify a shutter speed of 1 – 15 seconds to shoot long exposures. In this

case, mount the camera on a tripod or take other measures to prevent

camera shake.

1

Choose [N].

z

z

Follow steps 1 – 2 in “Specific Scenes”

(

=

41

) and choose [

N].

2

Choose the shutter speed.

z

z

Press the <

o> button, press the

<

q><r> buttons to choose the shutter

speed, and then press the <

m> button.

3

Check the exposure.

z

z

Press the shutter button halfway to view

the exposure for your selected shutter

speed.

4

Shoot.

•

On-screen image brightness in step 3, when you pressed the

shutter button halfway, may not match the brightness of your shots.

•

With shutter speeds of 1.3 seconds or slower, there will be a delay

before you can shoot again, as the camera processes images to

reduce noise.

•

Set [IS Mode] to [Off] when using a tripod or other means to secure

the camera (

=

63

).

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