FLASH SETTING

The flash is used not only for taking pictures where there is insufficient light, but also when the subject is in shade or in backlight conditions. Your camera’s flash has four modes of operation (automatic flash mode, forced flash mode, flash off mode, and red-eye reduction mode). Select the flash mode that is appropriate for the surrounding conditions. The flash can be enabled only when taking single-shot still images.

1 Display the Still Image ShootingScreen (page 33).2 Toggle the SET button up. h The flash setting changes.

h The flash setting appears on the LCD monitor.

h The flash setting can also be changed from the Shooting Screen (page 56).

No flash indication:

 

 

 

 

SET button

The camera will detect the subject

 

 

 

 

 

brightness and use the flash only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

when required. In a backlight

 

 

 

 

 

situation, if only the center of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

image is very dark, the flash will

 

 

 

 

 

operate to compensate (auto

 

 

 

 

 

flash).

 

 

 

 

 

m: The flash will operate with every image captured regardless of the conditions. Use this setting under

backlight conditions, when the Flash mode icon subject is in shade, under

fluorescent lighting conditions, etc. (forced flash).

l: The flash will not operate even in dark situations. Use this setting when capturing an image in a location where flash photography is prohibited, or when shooting a night landscape scene (flash off).

J: The digital camera will detect the subject brightness and use the flash only when required. At this time the flash will operate in a manner that reduces the red reflection (“red-eye”) in the subject’s eyes (red-eye reduction).

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