Nikon V1 manual Flash Mode

❚❚Flash Mode

The flash mode can be selected using the Flash mode item in the shooting menu (0 109).

NFill flash: Use for additional lighting or to fill in shadows.

Nj	Red-eye reduction: Use for portraits. Red-eye reduction lamp
	lights before flash fires, reducing “red-eye”.
Np	Slow sync 1: Shutter speeds slow automatically to capture
	background lighting at night or under low light.
Njp	Red-eye slow sync 1: Combine red-eye reduction with slow
	sync for portraits that include background lighting.
	Rear- curtain slow sync 1/Rear- curtain sync 2: The flash fires just
	before the shutter closes, creating a stream of light behind
	moving objects as illustrated below at right (other flash
	modes use front-curtain sync, in which the flash fires as
	the shutter opens; the effect this produces with moving
	light sources is shown below at left).

Nq / Nr

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Front-curtain sync Rear-curtain sync

1 P Programmed auto or A Aperture-priority auto exposure modes only. 2 S Shutter-priority auto and M Manual exposure modes only.

ASee Also

See page 148 for information on choosing how the camera controls flash output. For information on adjusting flash level, see page 149.

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