Nikon COOLPIXP500BK, COOLPIXSP500BLK user manual Using the Flash, Flash Mode Setting

Using the Flash

Basic Photography and Playback: A (Auto) Mode

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In dark locations or when the subject is backlit, you can shoot pictures with a flash by raising the flash. You can set a flash mode that suits the shooting conditions.

•The flash has a range of about 0.5 to 8.0 m (1 ft. 8 in. to 26 ft.) at the wide-angle zoom position, and about 2.2 to 4.5 m (7 ft. 3 in. to 14 ft.) at the telephoto zoom position (when ISO sensitivity is set to Auto).

UAuto

Flash fires automatically when lighting is dim.

VAuto with red-eye reduction Reduces “red-eye” in portraits.

WOff

Flash does not fire.

XFill flash

The flash fires when a picture is taken, regardless of how bright the subject is. Use to “fill-in” (illuminate) shadows and backlit subjects.

YSlow sync

Fill flash is combined with slow shutter speed. Suited to evening and night portraits that include background scenery. Flash illuminates main subject; slow shutter speeds are used to capture background at night or under dim lighting.

ZRear-curtain sync

Fill flash fires just before the shutter closes, creating the effect of a stream of light behind moving subjects.

CFlash Mode Setting

•The default flash mode setting varies with the shooting mode (A44).

-A (auto) mode: U Auto

-y(Scene): Options vary depending on the scenes (A46 to 59).

-j (Night landscape): fixed at W (Off )

-e (Night portrait): fixed at V (auto with red-eye reduction)

-o (Backlighting): fixed at X (fill flash) (when HDR is Off), fixed at W (Off ) (when HDR is On) (A50)

-F(Smart portrait): U(auto flash) (when blink proof is Off ), fixed at W(Off ) (when blink proof is On) (A68).

-j, k, l, m, M: U Auto

•This feature cannot be used simultaneously with certain features. See “Functions that Cannot be Applied Simultaneously” (A104) for more information.

•In the following situations, the setting for flash mode is stored in the camera’s memory even after the camera is turned off.

-When shooting mode j, k, l or m is used

-When shooting with V (Auto with red-eye reduction) in A (auto) mode