Pentax 16301 K-x Black K-x Manual - Page 74

72 Daylight-Sync Shooting In daylight conditions, the flash will eliminate shadows when a portrait picture is taken with a person's face cast in shadow. Use of the flash in this way is called Daylight-Sync Shooting. The b (Manual Flash Discharge) mode is used when shooting with Daylight-Sync Shooting. Taking pictures 1 Pop up the built-in flash manually and confirm that the flash mode is set to E. (p.70) 3 2 Confirm that the flash is fully charged. 3 Take a picture. Basic Operations Without Daylight-Sync With Daylight-Sync The picture may be overexposed if the background is too bright. Compensating Flash Output You can change the flash output in a range of -2.0 to +1.0. The following flash compensation values can be set according to the step interval set in [1. EV Steps] (p.108) of the [A Custom Setting 1] menu. Step Interval 1/3 EV 1/2 EV Flash Compensation Value -2.0, -1.7, -1.3, -1.0, -0.7, -0.3, 0.0, +0.3, +0.7, +1.0 -2.0, -1.5, -1.0, -0.5, 0.0, +0.5, +1.0