❚❚ Flash Modes

 

 

The following flash modes are available in C(auto), q (soft), r

 

 

(miniature effect), s (selective color), 6 (cross process), 7 (toy

 

 

camera effect), t, u, v, and wmodes:

 

 

• N(fill flash): The flash fires with every shot.

 

 

• NY (red-eye reduction): Use for portraits. The flash fires with

 

 

every shot, but before it fires, the red-eye reduction lamp lights

 

 

to help reduce “red-eye.”

 

 

• NYp (red-eye reduction with slow sync): As for “red-eye

 

 

reduction”, above, except that shutter speed slows automati-

 

 

cally to capture background lighting at night or under low

 

 

light. Use when you want to include background lighting in

 

 

portraits. Available only in modes tand v.

 

 

• Np(fill flash + slow sync): As for “fill flash”, above, except that

 

 

shutter speed slows automatically to capture background

 

 

lighting at night or under low light. Use when you want to cap-

 

 

ture both subject and background. Available only in modes t

 

t

 

and v.

 

 

• Nr(rear curtain + slow sync): As for “rear-curtain sync”, below,

 

 

except that shutter speed slows automatically to capture back-

 

 

ground lighting at night or under low light. Use when you want

 

 

to capture both subject and background. Available only in

 

 

modes tand v.

 

 

• Nq (rear-curtain sync): The flash fires just before the shutter

 

 

closes, creating a stream of light behind moving light sources

 

 

as shown below at right. Available only in modes uand w.

Front-curtain sync

Rear-curtain sync

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