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Taking pictures and videos
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Using the flash
Use the flash when you take pictures at night, indoors, or outdoors in heavy
shadows. You can change the flash setting in any Still mode; the default flash
setting is restored when you exit the mode or turn off the camera.
Turning on the flash
NOTE: The flash is not available in all modes. See Flash settings in each mode, page 17.
Flash Range
Wide Angle 2-13.8 ft (0.6-4.2 m)
Telephoto 2-8.2 ft (0.6-2.5 m)
Flash Setting Flash Fires
Auto
Flash
When the lighting conditions require it.
Off Never
Fill Every time you take a picture, regardless of the lighting
conditions. Use when the subject is in shadow or is “backlit”
(when the sun is behind the subject). In low light, hold the
camera steady or use a tripod.
Red-eye Once, so the subject’s eyes become accustomed to the flash,
then fires again when the picture is taken. (If the lighting
conditions require flash but do not require Red-eye reduction,
the flash may fire only once.)
Press the
Flash/Status
through the flash options.
The active flash icon is displayed
in the camera screen status area.
button to scroll