Using the Built-in Flash
Using Red-eye Reduction
When flash is used in a low-light environment, the subject’s eyes may look red in the image. “Red eye” happens when the light from the flash reflects off the retina of the eyes. The camera’s red-eye reduction feature turns on the red-eye reduction lamp to shine a gentle light into the subject’s eyes to narrow the pupil diameter or iris. A smaller pupil reduces the chances of red eye from occurring. Red-eye reduction can be set in any shooting mode except <3> <5> <7>.
1Select [Red-eye On/Off].
¡Select the <z> tab.
¡Press the <V> key to select [Red- eye On/Off], then press <0>.
2Set the red-eye reduction.
¡Press the <V> key to select [On], then press <0>.
¡When you press the shutter button halfway, the <L> icon will be displayed in the viewfinder.
¡ When you press the shutter button down halfway, the red-eye reduction lamp indicator appears in the viewfinder.
| ¡ Red-eye reduction will not work unless the | |
| subject looks at the red-eye reduction lamp. | |
| Tell the subject to look at the lamp. | |
| ¡ To increase the effectiveness of red-eye | Red-eye |
| reduction, press the shutter button down fully |
| reduction lamp |
| after the red-eye reduction lamp (which lights for |
| On indicator |
| approximately 1.5 seconds) indicator goes off. |
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¡You can shoot anytime by pressing the shutter button down fully, even while the red-eye reduction lamp is still on.
¡The effectiveness of red-eye reduction varies from subject to subject.
¡Red-eye reduction is more effective in brighter rooms or when the camera is closer to the subject.