Adjusting the Flash Exposure Compensation

Red-eye correction may be applied to areas other than red eyes. For example, when red make-up has been used around eyes.

• You can correct recorded images (p. 150).

• You can also display the screen in Step 2 by pressing the rbutton, then the nbutton, or by pressing the rbutton for more than one second.

•Not available in or .

Adjusting the Flash Exposure Compensation

Just like with Exposure Compensation (p. 76), you can adjust the exposure ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments when using the flash.

Choose the compensation amount.

●After pressing the rbutton, immediately turn the ÷dial to choose the compensation amount, then press the m button.

Safety FE

The camera automatically changes the shutter speed or aperture value when the flash fires to avoid overexposing and blowing out the highlights in the scene. If you press the nbutton to display the 4tab and set [Safety FE] in [Flash Control] to [Off], the shutter speed and aperture value will not automatically adjust.

You can also set the flash exposure compensation with the following methods. However, it cannot be set with the rbutton when an external flash (sold separately) is attached. In this case, set the flash output using methods with an asterisk *.

•After pressing the mbutton, press the opbuttons to choose ~, then press the qrbuttons or turn the Êdial.*

•Press the nbutton and choose [Flash Control] from the 4tab. Then choose [Flash Exp. Comp] and press the qr buttons.*

•Press the rbutton, then the nbutton, or press and hold the rbutton

for more than 1 second, and the setting screen will appear. Choose [Flash Exp. Comp], then press the qrbuttons.

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