About the digital red-eye correction, Necessary

	Advanced (Recording pictures)

Item	Description of settings
‡: AUTO	The flash is automatically activated when the recording conditions make it
‡: AUTO	necessary.
	necessary.
	The flash is automatically activated when the recording conditions make it
:	necessary.
:	It is activated once before the actual recording to reduce the red-eye
AUTO/Red-eye
AUTO/Red-eye	phenomenon (eyes of the subject appearing red in the picture) and then
reduction¢
	activated again for the actual recording.
	• Use this when you take pictures of people in low lighting conditions.
‰:	The flash is activated every time regardless of the recording conditions.
Forced flash ON	• Use this when your subject is back-lit or under fluorescent lights.
:	• The flash setting is set to [	] only when you set [PARTY] or
Forced ON/	[CANDLE LIGHT] in Scene Mode. (P56)
Red-eye
reduction¢

:If you take a picture with a dark background, this feature will slow the shutter speed when the flash is activated so that the dark background will become

Slow sync./		bright. Simultaneously it reduces the red-eye phenomenon.
Red-eye
	¢	• The flash setting is set to [	] only when you set
reduction		[NIGHT PORTRAIT], [PARTY], [CANDLE LIGHT] in Scene Mode (P56).

Œ:		The flash is not activated in any recording conditions.
Forced flash		• Use this when you take pictures in places where the use of the flash
OFF		is not permitted.

¢The flash is activated twice. The subject should not move until the second flash is activated. Interval until the second flash depends on the brightness of the subject. [RED-EYE REMOVAL] (P88) on the [REC] Mode menu is set to [ON], [] appears on the flash icon.

∫About the digital red-eye correction

When [RED-EYE REMOVAL] (P88) has been set to [ON] and Red-Eye Reduction ([ ],

[ ], [ ]) is selected, Digital Red-Eye Correction is performed whenever the flash is used. The camera automatically detects red-eye and corrects the picture.