Nikon 7900 When Lighting Is Poor Using the Flash, More on Photography, To select the flash mode

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When Lighting Is Poor: Using the Flash

The following five flash modes are available:

Mode	How it works		When to use it
	Flash fires when lighting is	Best choice in most situations.
Auto	poor.
	Pre flash is used before the
	main flash fires to reduce	Use for portraits (works best when sub-
	“red-eye.” If “red-eye” is	ject is well within range of flash and
Auto with red-	detected after an image is	looking at pre-flash). Not recommended
eye reduction	taken, the camera will cor-	when quick shutter response is
	rect “red-eye” when storing	required.
	the picture.
		Use to capture natural lighting under
	Flash will not fire even when	dim light or where use of flash is pro-
Flash Cancel		hibited. If	(camera shake) icon
	lighting is poor.
(off)		appears, care should be taken to avoid
		blurring.
Anytime Flash	Flash fires whenever picture	Use to “fill-in” (illuminate) shadows and
	is taken.	back-lit subjects.
(fill flash)
	Auto flash combined with	Use to capture both subject and back-
		ground at night or under dim light.
Slow sync	slow shutter speeds.
		Care should be taken to avoid blurring.

To select the flash mode:

Flash

:Confirm

Display Flash menu.

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Flash

:Confirm

Highlight desired mode and press . Flash mode is displayed in monitor (to exit without changing mode, wait two

seconds without pressing Button).