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Taking Pictures Using The Built-in Flash

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Recording pictures (basic) Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash Preparation • Set the mode dial except for P29) ª Switching the flash setting WB : Forced OFF Even in dark places, the flash is not activated. Use this when taking pictures in places where use of the flash is not allowed. ª Available flash settings REVIEW SET : AUTO The flash is automatically activated according to the recording condition. : AUTO/Red-eye reduction The flash is automatically activated according to the recording condition. It reduces the red-eye phenomenon (eyes of the subject appear red in photo flash) by lighting the flash before the actual recording of the picture. Use this when you take pictures of people in low lighting conditions. : Forced ON The flash is activated every time regardless of the recording condition. Use this when your subject is back-lit or under fluorescent light. : Slow sync./Red-eye reduction When you take a picture with a dark background landscape, it makes the shutter speed slow when the flash is activated, so that the dark background landscape will become bright. Simultaneously it reduces the red-eye phenomenon. Use this when taking pictures of people in front of a dark background. 38

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Recording pictures (basic)
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Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
Preparation
• Set the mode dial except for [
]/[
]/[
]. (P29)
ª
Switching the flash setting
: AUTO
The flash is automatically activated
according to the recording condition.
:
AUTO/Red-eye reduction
The flash is automatically activated
according to the recording condition.
It reduces the red-eye phenomenon
(eyes of the subject appear red in
photo flash) by lighting the flash
before the actual recording of the
picture.
Use this when you take pictures of
people in low lighting conditions.
:
Forced ON
The flash is activated every time
regardless of the recording condition.
Use this when your subject is back-lit
or under fluorescent light.
:
Slow sync./Red-eye reduction
When you take a picture with a dark
background landscape, it makes the
shutter speed slow when the flash is
activated, so that the dark
background landscape will become
bright. Simultaneously it reduces the
red-eye phenomenon.
Use this when taking pictures of
people in front of a dark background.
:
Forced OFF
Even in dark places, the flash is not
activated.
Use this when taking pictures in
places where use of the flash is not
allowed.
ª
Available flash settings
SET
R
E
V
I
E
W
WB