BASIC IMAGE RECORDING
Precautions when Using Flash
•Make sure that you do not touch or block the flash or the exposure sensor with your fingers. Doing so can soil these components and interfere with correct flash operation.
Flash | Flash |
Exposure sensor | Exposure sensor |
•The effective range for the
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Note that you may not be able to obtaine the desired flash result outside the ranges noted above.
•Depending on operating conditions (type of batteries being used, temperature, etc. ), it may take up to 10 seconds for the flash unit to charge.
•The flash is disabled during movie recording, which is indi-
cated by the 
(Flash Off) icon on the monitor screen.
•The flash unit does not charge when battery power is too
low to charge the flash. The 
(Flash Off) indicator ap- pears to warn you that the flash will not fire correctly, which may affect exposure of the image. Replace batteries as soon as possible when this happens.
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may not work well when the camera is not pointed directly at the subject or when the subject is far from the camera.
•In the 
, the flash is fired auto- matically in accordance with exposure. Because of this, the flash does not fire if the subject is
•White balance is fixed while the flash is being used, so sun- light, fluorescent lighting, or other sources of illumination in the immediate area may affect the coloring of the recorded image.