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Advanced Features
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xAuto flash
Use this mode for ordinary photography. The flash fires as
required by the shooting conditions.
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If pressing the shutter button while the flash is charging, the picture will
be taken without the flash.
bRed-eye reduction
Use this mode to make sure that the subject’s eyes appear
normal when taking pictures of people in low-light
conditions. The flash fires a pre-flash just before the picture
is taken and then fires again to take the actual picture. The
flash fires as required by the shooting conditions.
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If pressing the shutter button while the flash is charging, the picture will
be taken without the flash.

◆Red-eye effect ◆

When using the flash to take a picture of people in low-light conditions, their eyes sometimes
appear red in the picture. This is caused by the light of the flash reflecting off the inside of the eye.
Use Red-eye reduction flash to minimize the likelihood of this effect.
Take the following measures to make Red-eye reduction more effective:
hGet the subjects to look at the camera. hGet as close as possible to the subjects.
The flash setting changes each time you press the
“d(c)” Flash button.
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If the flash is used in dusty conditions or when it is snowing,
white dots may appear in the image due to flash reflecting off
the dust particles or snowflakes. Use Suppressed flash
mode.
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When taking a picture using the flash, the image may
disappear and go dark briefly due to flash charging. The
indicator lamp blinks orange during charging.
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The available flash modes are limited depending on the
Photography menu selected (➡P.33).
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Press the shutter button down halfway. “∑”
appears on the screen when the flash is used.
Choose from 5 flash modes according to the type of shot.
1Set the Power switch to “q”.
2Set the Mode dial to “B”, “m”, “.”, “/”, “N”,
“M”, “<” or “>” mode.
3Press the Flash pop-up button to pop-up the flash.
hEffective flash range (B)
Wide-angle: approx. 30 cm to 5.0 m
(1.0 ft. to 13.8 ft.)
Telephoto: approx. 80 cm to 4.5 m
(2.6 ft. to 12.5 ft.)
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If the shutter speed is set to a speed faster than 1/1000 sec.,
the image may appear dark even if the flash is used.
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When the flash pops up, the image may disappear and go
dark briefly due to flash charging. The indicator lamp blinks
orange during charging.

◆Suppressed flash ◆

Pressing the flash down changes the camera to
Suppressed flash mode.
Use this mode for taking pictures using indoor
lighting, for shots taken through glass, and for
photography in places such as theaters or at indoor
sporting events where the distance is too great for
the flash to be effective. When you use Suppressed
flash, the selected white balance function (➡P.55)
operates so that natural colors are captured along
with the ambience of the available light.

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FLASH

PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS
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Use a tripod to prevent camera shake, particularly for shots
in the dark when the selected flash mode is Suppressed
flash.
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See P.23, 111 for information on the camera shake
warning.
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Available Photography mode: