BASIC IMAGE RECORDING

■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 happens because the light from the flash reflects off of the retina of the 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 during the pre-flash. Before pressing the shutter button, call out to the subjects so they all look at the camera while the pre-flash operation is performed.

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

Flash Unit Status

You can find out the current flash unit status by pressing the shutter button half way and checking the monitor screen and operation lamp.

Operation lamp*

The indicator is also shown on the monitor screen when the flash unit is ready to fire.

*Operation lamp

When the operation

It means this:

lamp is this:

 

Flashing amber

Flash unit is charging

Lit or flashing green *1

Flash unit is ready to fire

*1 Flashes green when the image is not focused while using the Auto Focus mode or Macro mode.

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