Minolta 800si instruction manual RED-EYE Reduction, Fill Flash

RED-EYE REDUCTION

When photographing people or animals at night or other low-light situations, the effect called red-eye may occur due to the flash reflecting off the inside of the subject's eyes.To reduce this effect, use the built-in flash's red-eye reduction mode. When selected, the flash fires a series of small bursts before the main flash burst. This causes the subject's pupils to close, greatly reducing the amount of light which will reflect off the retina.

Press the flash-mode button in the control panel.

Turn either control dial until appears in the data panel.

Press the shutter-release button partway down to enter the selection.

•Warn your subject that the flash will fire a few short bursts just before the picture is taken.

✎Cancel red-eye reduction by selecting another flash mode.

MEMORY: The Red-eye Reduction setting can be stored in memory. See page 99 for information.

FILL FLASH

When taking portraits outdoors in daylight, use flash to reduce harsh, unflattering shadows on your subject’s face. Fill flash should also be used when the subject is backlit.

Raise the built-in flash or turn on an attached accessory flash. The flash will fire every time the shutter-release button is pressed.

•In A mode or S mode, the aperture or shutter speed will blink in the viewfinder and data panel if flash will cause the scene to be over- exposed with the aperture or shutter speed selected. Adjust the aperture or shutter-speed until it stops blinking (p 53, p 56).

If Autoswitchover has been selected (through Customized function #5) and the camera is in P-mode, the flash will only fire when necessary (p 34, p 102). Because the overall light level is bright, the flash will need to be fired manually.

Press and hold the flash- compensation button.

Wait until appears in the viewfinder, then take the picture.

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