USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH

Red-Eye Reduction

When using flash in low-light conditions, light reflecting from the retina of your subject’s eyes may produce the effect known as red-eye. Use the built-in flash’s red-eye reduction mode to produce natural looking photographs.

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Turn the function dial to

.

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While pressing the function

 

 

button, turn the control dial

 

 

until

andappear on

 

 

the data panel.

 

 

 

• When you release the button, the

 

 

display will return to normal and only

 

will remain on the data panel.

 

 

• Warn your subject that the flash will

 

 

fire a few short flash bursts just

 

 

before the picture is taken.

 

•Red-eye reduction cannot be used with the Wireless/Remote flash mode (p.95).

Canceling Red-eye Reduction

Turn the function dial to . While pressing the function button, turn the control dial

until and appear on the data panel.

SUBJECT PROGRAM /

DRIVE MODES

Now that you are comfortable with the operation of the camera, take more control of the creative process by telling the camera what kind of pictures you want to take.

The subject-program modes optimize camera settings for specific situations. This section also lets you explore the use of the drive-mode button. Drive modes control the advance of the film.

Subject-program button

Drive-mode button

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