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Shooting – The Basics
The Basics
Using the Flash

Use the flash according to the guidelines below.

1
Press the button to switch between flash modes.
zThe selected flash mode
appears on the LCD
monitor.
Mode Dial
*
In (Fireworks), the flash is prohibited.
Auto with
red-eye
reduction
The flash fires automatically as
required by the lighting level, and
the red-eye reduction lamp fires
each time the main flash fires.
Auto The flash fires automatically as
required by the lighting level.
Flash on
with
red-eye
reduction
The red-eye reduction lamp
and the flash always fire.
Flash on The flash always fires.
Flash off The flash does not fire.
*
zYou can switch between settings by pressing
the button.
zThis operation may not work in certain
Shooting modes (p.159).
2
Shoot the image.
zThe flash will fire if the upper indicator lights
orange when the shutter button is pressed
halfway. (Does not fire in .)
zShooting procedures are the same as for the
mode (p.34).
When the red-eye reduction function is on
When the red-eye reduction function is off
When shooting with a high ISO sensitivity
and using the flash, there is more of a
chance of overexposure the closer you are
to the subject.