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Setting the Flash

Available Shooting Modes p. 300

You can make detailed built-in flash and external flash* settings to fit the shooting conditions.

*See Setting the Externally Mounted Flash (p. 268).

Built-in Flash Settings

Menu Item

 

Summary

 

Note

 

 

 

 

Flash Mode

When set to [Manual], you can

 

 

 

control the flash output in the

 

 

 

 

or

shooting mode.

 

 

Flash Exp.

Flash exposure compensation can

In

or

Comp

be adjusted in the range of –2 to +2

shooting mode, set

 

 

stops in 1/3-stop increments. ou

[Flash Mode] to

 

 

can combine the flash exposure

[Auto] in advance.

 

 

compensation with the camera’s

 

 

 

 

exposure compensation function

 

 

 

 

for balanced exposure of the

 

 

 

 

background when shooting with a

 

 

 

 

flash.

 

 

 

Flash Output

The flash output can be controlled

In

or

 

 

in three steps, up to FULL, when

shooting mode,

 

 

shooting.

please set [Flash

 

 

 

 

Mode] to [Manual].

Shutter Sync.

You can switch the timing at which

 

 

 

the flash fires.

 

 

 

1st-curtain

The flash fires right after the shutter

 

 

 

 

opens, regardless of the shutter

 

 

 

 

speed. Usually, the 1st-curtain is

 

 

 

 

used when shooting.

 

 

 

2nd-curtain

The flash fires right before the

 

 

 

 

shutter closes. Compared with the

 

 

 

 

1st-curtain, the flash fires later and

 

 

 

 

allows you to shoot images in

 

 

 

 

which, for example, a car’s taillights

 

 

 

 

seem to trail off behind.

 

 

Methods Shooting Various