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.

■Checking the Flash Mode

The current flash mode is indicated on the monitor screen and by the operation lamp when you half-press the shutter button.

Operation Lamp*

2N

AF

“ ” indicates flash will fire.

* Operation lamp

When the operation lamp

It means this:

is this:

 

Flashing Orange

Flash is charging.

 

 

Lit or Flashing Green*1

Flash charging is complete.

 

 

*1 Flashes green when focusing is not possible with Auto Focus or Macro Focus.

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