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OPERATION
95
WIRELESS/REMOTE FLASH
Normal flash Wireless flash
• The shutter speed will be set to slower than 1/45 second automatically.
• Flash and color meters cannot be used with wireless/remote flash.
• Red-eye reduction cannot be used with wireless/remote flash. Red-eye
reduction is disabled when the wireless/remote flash mode is active. If red-
eye reduction is set when wireless/remote flash is active, wireless/remote
flash mode is canceled (p.38).
Photographs taken with the flash attached to the camera are flat as
shown in photo . Use an accessory flash positioned away from the
camera it to obtain three-dimensional lighting as shown in photo .
When taking this type of photograph, the camera and the flash unit are
most commonly connected by cable. The use of the 5600HS (D), 3600HS
(D), 5400HS, 5400xi, or 3500xi flash unit eliminates the need for a cable.
The flash units are controlled by the camera’s built-in flash. This type of
flash control is referred to as wireless or remote flash. The proper expo-
sure is determined automatically by the camera.
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SLOW-SYNC
Conventional Flash
With or on the data panel,
press the spot-AE lock button to
set the ambient light exposure.
• In P mode, the flash will
automatically be activated. In A
mode, press the flash-mode button to
activate the built-in flash.
• and the locked exposure will be
displayed in the viewfinder.
While holding the spot-AE lock button, press the shutter-
release button all the way down to take the picture.
• The slow-sync effect is the same as the night portrait subject program
(p.44).
• Use a tripod if the shutter speed is too slow to allow sharp, hand-held
pictures.
• When is not on the data panel, the camera is in spot-metering mode
and not in slow sync (p.77).
Custom Function Notes
Cust-10: Spot-AE lock: activated when the AE lock button is pressed and held
(1), or activated when the button is pressed once and then canceled when it is
pressed again (2) (p.110).
2
In P and A modes, slow-shutter sync sets the shutter speed and aperture
value for ambient lighting and balances the flash output with the
exposure .
• Slow sync cannot be used in S mode, or M mode.
Slow-shutter Sync
1
spot-AE lock button