Olympus VT1621-01 User Manual download pdf (Page 62)

Shooting Night Scenes

When shooting night scenes or other dark subjects, mount the camera on a tripod and

select a slow shutter speed (1/2 sec. or more).

If you select any mode where the exposure is set

automatically (P or A) and raise the built-in flash, the

shutter speed cannot be set slower than 1/30 and

you cannot achieve the correct exposure of a night

scene. If you want to shoot a night scene, take the

picture with the flash closed. With the flash closed,

the shutter speed is set for up to 2 seconds.

For an extremely dark scene, use the manual mode

(M) so you can select a shutter speed of up to 8

seconds, or you can select the bulb mode so you can

keep the shutter open up to approximately 30

seconds, as long as you keep the shutter button

depressed.

Note

• We recommend using a tripod to avoid camera shake.

Selecting Aperture and Shutter Speed Manually

(➞ 76)

For the metering method, select digital ESP or Center

weighted averaging metering, as Spot metering will

measure only the light in a very small area in the

center of the picture.

Selecting the Metering Method (➞ 78)

You can select a higher ISO setting to brighten your

pictures, but this can also cause your pictures to

appear grainy. We recommend that you test a variety

of settings to achieve the effect that you want.

Changing the ISO setting (➞ 83)

If you have difficulty in focusing the subject, use

manual focusing.

Using Manual Focus (MF) (➞ 68)

Color not what you expect?

Set white balance (color temperature) for 5500K.

Using Preset White Balance (➞ 102)

Night scene shot with automatic

exposure

Night scene shot with slow shutter

speed

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Olympus VT1621-01 User Manual Page 62