54Shooting

•When you use flash photography at higher ISO speeds, the chances of white streaks appearing in the image increase the closer you approach to the subject.

•Since a slow shutter speed is selected in dark places when the flash is set to Off or Slow-Synchro, take care to avoid blurring the image.

- Shooting in

Mode

 

 

Be careful to hold the camera still to avoid camera shake.

- Shooting in

or

Mode

 

Fix the camera to a tripod to shoot in these modes since

the shutter speed will be slower than in the

mode. If

an image is dark in

mode, reshooting it in

mode

will make it brighter.

 

 

• The flash can be fired when the upper indicator lights a steady orange after pressing the shutter button halfway (The flash will not fire when it is set to Off).

•The flash may take up to approximately 10 seconds to charge. The recharging time will vary with such factors as the shooting conditions and battery charge. Shots cannot be taken while the flash is charging.

•The flash fires twice. The main flash follows a preparatory pre- flash. The exposure reading obtained from the subject with the pre-flash is used to set the optimal flash intensity for the main flash, which is used to capture the image.

Red-Eye Reduction

•Light reflecting back from eyes can make them appear red when the flash is used in dark areas. Under these conditions, use the red- eye reduction mode. For this mode to be effective, the subject must be looking right at the red-eye reduction lamp. Try asking them to look directly at the lamp. Even better results can be obtained by shooting with the lens set to a wide angle, increasing the lighting in indoor settings or approaching closer to the subject.

•The shutter will not activate for approximately 1 second after the red-eye reduction lamp fires in order to improve the effect. If you want a more immediate shutter response, set the flash to , or .