IMPORTANT!

• When using flash, take

Flash

care that the flash window

 

is not blocked by your

 

fingers or the camera

 

strap.

 

•When the ISO sensitivity setting is “Auto” (page 123), sensitivity is high and there is increased digital noise when flash is

used. Decreasing ISO sensitivity shortens the range of the flash, but is also reduces digital noise.

Red-eye reduction

Using the flash to shoot 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. When red-eye reduction is selected as the flash mode, the camera fires a pre-flash to cause the irises in the eyes of any people in the image to close, which reduces the chance of red eye.

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 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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