❚❚Flash Modes

The following flash modes are available:

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 P and A.

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 P

 

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and A.

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 P and A.

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 S and M.

Front-curtain sync

Rear-curtain sync

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