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3 BasicOperations

Daylight-Sync Shooting

In daylight conditions, the flash will eliminate shadows when a portrait picture is taken with a person’s face cast in shadow. Use of the flash in this way is called Daylight-Sync Shooting. The b (Manual Flash Discharge) mode is used when shooting with Daylight-Sync Shooting.

Taking pictures

1Pop up the built-in flash manually and confirm that the flash mode is set to E. (p.70)

2Confirm that the flash is fully charged.

3Take a picture.

Without Daylight-Sync

With Daylight-Sync

The picture may be overexposed if the background is too bright.

Compensating Flash Output

You can change the flash output in a range of –2.0 to +1.0. The following flash compensation values can be set according to the step interval set in [1. EV Steps] (p.108) of the [ACustom Setting 1] menu.

Step Interval

Flash Compensation Value

1/3 EV

–2.0, –1.7, –1.3, –1.0, –0.7, –0.3, 0.0, +0.3, +0.7, +1.0

1/2 EV

–2.0, –1.5, –1.0, –0.5, 0.0, +0.5, +1.0