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Taking Good Pictures
Flash Mode Mark Usage
Auto flash
(no mark)
Flash fires automatically if available light is low or if the
subject is darker than the background. (p.86)
Red-eye
reduction
Reduces “red eye” problem that may occur with other
flash modes. Flash fires automatically as necessary, just
as with auto flash mode. (p.86)
Off (override)
SLOW
SLOW
Flash does not fire, regardless of ambient light conditions.
(p.87)
Fill-in
Flash always fires, regardless of ambient light conditions.
(p.87)
Slow sync
Good for night scenery. (p.88)
Red-eye
reduction
+ slow sync
Good for shots of people at night. (p.88)
HELP
• The green lamp will blink rapidly if the flash is currently charging. Take your finger off
the shutter release button and wait for the blink rate to slow down (or for the lamp to
go off), indicating that the camera is ready to shoot.
• Use of flash together with the macro feature (p.83) may result in streaking or partial
loss of image. If using flash and macro together, please review the results on the
monitor.
• The flash does not operate when you are shooting movies (p.126), sequences
(p.119), or panoramas (p.131).
• The distance over which the flash is effective changes when you use the zoom
lever (p.52).