3 Press the shutter release button fully.

The picture is taken.

4 Push down on the portion indicated in the illustration to retract the flash.

Using Manual Discharge (Flash ON) b, D

1 Press the Kbutton.

The built-in flash pops up and begins charging. Manual discharge mode (Flash ON) is used regardless of flash mode settings. When the flash is fully charged, bappears in the LCD panel and viewfinder. (p.17, p.20, p.22)

When Flash mode is set to Bor Cand you pop up the built-in flash, you can switch between Auto discharge mode and Manual discharge mode (Flash ON) by pressing the Kbutton under the following conditions.

• Shooting mode is set to I, =, s, q, \, or ..

• Hmode is set to i, B, C, or E.

2 Press the shutter release button fully.

The flash discharges and the picture is taken.

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3 Push the flash down to retract.