BASIC IMAGE RECORDING

5.Record the image.

IMPORTANT!

•The flash unit of this camera fires a number of times when you record an image. The initial flashes are pre-flashes, which the camera uses to obtain information it uses for exposure settings. The final flash is for recording. Make sure that you keep the camera still until the shutter releases.

•Image recording may not be performed if you press the shutter release button while the operation/flash charge lamp is flashing amber.

NOTE

•You can use the key customization feature (pages

72, 73) to configure the camera so the flash mode changes whenever you press [￿] and [￿], or [￿] and [￿] while in the REC mode.

■About Red-eye Reduction

Using the flash to record at night or in a dimly lit room can cause red spots inside the eyes of people who are in the image. This is caused when the light from the flash reflects off of the retina of the eye. Red-eye reduction fires a pre- flash, which causes the irises in the eyes of any people in the image to close. This is followed by another flash operation when the image is actually recorded.

IMPORTANT!

Note the following important points when using red- eye reduction.

•Red-eye reduction does not work unless the people in the image are looking directly at the camera (flash). Before pressing the shutter release button, call out to the subjects so they all look at the camera.

•Red-eye reduction may not work very well if the subjects are located far away from the camera.

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