PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS

Available Photography modes:

 

dFLASH PHOTOGRAPHY

 

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◆ Red-eye effect ◆
xAuto flash

Use this mode for ordinary photography. The flash fires as required by the shooting conditions.

●! 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 guarantee 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.

●! If pressing the shutter button while the flash is charging, the picture will be taken without the flash.

◆ 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.66) operates so that natural colors are captured along with the ambience of the available light.

●! Use a tripod to prevent camera shake when shooting in Suppressed flash mode in the dark condition.

●! See P.142 for information on the camera shake warning.

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:

h Get the subjects to look at the camera. h Get as close as possible to the subjects.

dForced flash

Use this mode in backlit scenes, such as a subject against a window or in the shade of a tree, or to get the correct colors when taking a picture under bright lighting. In this mode, the flash fires in bright as well as dark conditions.

cSlow synchro

This is a flash mode that uses a slow shutter speed. This allows you to take pictures of people at night that clearly show both your subjects and the night time backdrop. To prevent camera shake, always use a tripod.

hSlowest shutter speed “/” Night: up to 4 sec.nRed-eye reduction + Slow synchro

Use this mode for Slow synchro shots with Red-eye reduction.

●! The image may be overexposed when shooting bright scenes.

To take a picture of a main subject at night with the background brightly lit, use the “/” Night setting in Photography mode (➡P.40).

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