USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH

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•You can take natural looking fl ash photo images with appropriate illumination using the built-in fl ash, whether they are night scenes, indoors or in other dark places.

Press the Flash (

) button.

 

built-in

• Each time you press the Flash (

) button, fl ash mode is

flash

changed to; Auto ( ), Red-eye (

), Fill in ( ), Slow sync

 

( ), or Off (

).

 

 

Flash mode

Settings

Contents

On-screen

display

 

 

Off

Records without fl ash.

 

Auto Automatically fl ashes when there is insuffi cient ambient light.

Red-eye Pre-fl ashes to reduce red-eye before the fl ash automatically fl ashes when reduction there is insuffi cient ambient light.

Fill in Always uses the fl ash regardless of the surrounding brightness.

When the shutter speed is set to slow and the fl ash fi res at the adjusted shutter speed. Use to capture both the subject and background at night Slow sync or in dim light. Use of a tripod(not supplied) is recommended to prevent a

 

blurred photo image. Slow sync fl ash mode allows the user to take brighter

 

background as well as brighter subject at night.

 

 

•

Do not fi re the fl ash with the fl ash bulb covered with your hand.

WARNING •

Do not fi re the fl ash close to people’s eyes as the subjects could suffer a temporary loss of eyesight.

 

Never use the fl ash closer than 3 feet from children.

•The recommended distance to the subject when using the built-in fl ash is approximately 4 to 7 feet.

•The battery power will be consumed faster with repeated use of the fl ash.

•The fl ash function is not available with the following functions:

-“Cont. Shot”

-During video recording

-In case of capturing still images during video recording

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