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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>

buttons after choosing

[

] in step 1. [Blink Detection] (

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) 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”

(

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) and choose [

N].

2

Choose the shutter speed.

z

z

Press the <

o> button, press the

<

q> 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 (

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63

).