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246 The “Recording” (Camera icon) Menu Settings

5.35.8 NIGHT PORTRAIT
Night Portrait mode (Figure 5-83) is
the same thing as using the flash in
Manual mode with a long shutter
speed. Also known as “Slow Sync” in
the rest of the photographic world
(which your camera also offers), Night
Portrait Mode uses the flash to
illuminate your subject properly, but
then leaves the shutter open a little
longer so the sensor can “absorb” the Figure 5-83: Night Portrait Mode
light from the background. The result
is a nicely balanced picture, with both
foreground and background equally represented. Figure 5-84 shows an
example of a normal flash picture in “P” mode, and a flash picture using
Night Portrait Mode which brings out the background lights.
One caveat of this mode is that you must instruct your subjects to remain
still even after the flash has gone off – because the shutter will remain open
for several seconds after the flash has fired, and moving subjects can cause
an eerie and undesirable ghost effect.

Figure 5-84: Night Portrait Mode Example. The left image was taken in “P”
(Program) mode with flash. The right was taken in Night Portrait / Night View mode
with flash, which enables you to “burn in” the background, providing a picture a little
closer to the way you remember it being.

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