Flash ( ) / Left button

INFORMATION

If you press the shutter button after selecting the Auto, Fill-in, Slow sychro flash, the first flash fires to check the shooting condition (Flash range and Power ratio of flash).

Do not move until the second flash fires.

Using the flash frequently will reduce the life of the battery.

Under normal operating conditions the charging time for the flash is normally less than 4 seconds. If the battery is weak, the charging time will be longer.

Take photographs within the flash range.

The image quality is not guaranteed if the subject is too close or highly reflective.

When taking an image in a poorly lit condition with the flash, there may be a white speck in the captured image. The speck is caused by the reflecting of the flash light from the atmospheric dust. It is not camera malfunction.

Flash mode indicator

Menu tab

Flash mode

 

 

Description

 

Auto flash

If the subject or background is dark, the camera

 

flash will operate automatically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto &

If a subject or background is dark, the camera flash

 

Red eye

will work automatically and will reduce the red-eye

 

reduction

effect by using the red-eye reduction function.

 

 

 

 

 

The flash fires regardless of available light.

 

 

The intensity of the flash will be controlled,

 

Fill in flash

according to the prevailing conditions. The brighter

 

 

the background or subject is, the less intense the

 

 

flash will be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The flash will operate in conjunction with a slow

 

 

shutter speed in order to obtain the correct

 

Slow synchro

exposure. When you take an image in a condition

 

with poor light, the camera shake warning indicator

 

 

 

 

(

) will display on the LCD monitor.

 

 

We recommend using a tripod for this function.

 

 

 

 

 

The flash does not fire. Select this mode when

 

 

capturing images in a place or situation where flash

 

 

photography is prohibited. When you capture an

 

Flash off

image in a poorly lit condition, the camera shake

 

 

warning indicator (

) will display on the LCD

 

 

monitor.

 

 

 

We recommend using a tripod for this function.

 

 

 

 

 

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