Mode Auto) (Easy GPlayback: and Photography Basic

Using the Basic Shooting Functions

CThe Flash Mode Setting

The default flash mode setting varies with shooting mode.

•G(easy auto) mode: a(auto)

•A(auto) mode: a(auto)

•Scene: varies with the selected scene mode (A62)

•F(smart portrait): fixed at a(auto) when Off is selected for Blink proof; c(off) when On is selected for Blink proof (A76)

There are functions with which the flash cannot be enabled. See “Camera Settings that Cannot Be Applied Simultaneously” (A 77) for more information.

The flash mode setting applied in A(auto) mode is stored in the camera’s memory even after the camera is turned off.

CRed-eye Reduction

This camera uses advanced red-eye reduction (“In-Camera Red-Eye Fix”).

To reduce red-eye, a series of low-intensity pre-flashes fire before the main flash. In addition, if the camera detects red-eye when a picture is taken, the affected area is processed to reduce red-eye before the picture is saved.

Note the following when shooting:

•Due to the pre-flashes, there is a longer than usual interval between the time the shutter-release button is pressed and the time the shutter is released.

•More time than usual is required to record pictures.

•Red-eye reduction may not produce the desired results in some situations.

•In extremely rare instances, areas not subject to red-eye may be affected by red-eye reduction processing; in these cases, choose another flash mode and try again.

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