Using the Flash

The flash is designed to function automatically when lighting conditions warrant the use of flash. You can take an image using a desired flash mode to suit your circumstances.

1. Rotate the mode dial to , P , , , or .

2. Press the ON/OFF button to turn on the power.

3. Toggle until your desired flash mode appears on the LCD monitor.

4. Compose your scene and press the shutter button.

The camera has four flash modes:Auto Flash, Red Eye Reduction, Forced Flash and No Flash. The table below will help you to choose the appropriate flash mode:

Flash mode

Description

AUTO FLASH

The flash fires automatically according to suit the photographic conditions.

 

 

RED EYE

Use this mode to reduce the red-eye phenomenon when you want to take

REDUCTION

natural-looking photographs of people and animals in low-light conditions.

 

When taking photographs, the red-eye phenomenon can be reduced by asking

 

the subject (person) to look at the digital camera or get as close to the digital

 

camera as possible.

FORCED FLASH The flash will always fire regardless of the surrounding brightness. Select this mode for recording images with high contrast (backlighting) and deep shadows.

NO FLASH Use this mode in the environment that the flash use is prohibited or under the situation that the distance to the subject is too far away for the flash to have any effect.

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