Sony NEX-3NL Instruction Manual - Page 45

Selecting the flash mode, Flash Off, Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow Sync., Rear Sync.

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Selecting the flash mode 1 When you want to fire the flash, press the (flash popup) button to pop up the flash. • When you do not intend to use the flash, push it back in place with your finger. 2 Select MENU t [Camera] t [Flash Mode]. (flash pop-up) button Using the recording functions 3 Turn the control wheel to select the desired mode, and press the center. (Flash Off): Does not fire even if the flash is raised. (Autoflash): Fires in dark environments or when shooting towards bright light. (Fill-flash): Fires every time you trigger the shutter. (Slow Sync.): Fires every time you trigger the shutter. Slow sync shooting allows you to shoot a clear image of both the subject and the background. (Rear Sync.): Fires right before the exposure is completed every time you trigger the shutter. A trailing image of the movement of the subject is captured to make more natural image. • The selectable items of the flash mode depends on the shooting mode (page 59). Notes • When the camera is charging the flash, blinks on the LCD screen. You cannot press the shutter button when this icon is blinking. • When the LCD screen is tilted upward more than 90 degrees, (flash pop-up) button will be difficult to press. Raise the flash beforehand, then adjust the angle of the LCD screen. • When you take a self-portrait using the flash, be careful not to look at the flash GB directly from a close distance. 45

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Using the recording functions
Selecting the flash mode
When the camera is charging the flash,
blinks on the LCD screen. You cannot
press the shutter button when this icon is blinking.
When the LCD screen is tilted upward more than 90 degrees,
(flash pop-up)
button will be difficult to press. Raise the flash beforehand, then adjust the angle
of the LCD screen.
When you take a self-portrait using the flash, be careful not to look at the flash
directly from a close distance.
1
When you want to fire the
flash, press the
(flash pop-
up) button to pop up the flash.
• When you do not intend to use the
flash, push it back in place with
your finger.
(flash pop-up) button
2
Select MENU
t
[Camera]
t
[Flash Mode].
3
Turn the control wheel to select the desired mode, and
press the center.
(Flash Off):
Does not fire even if the flash is raised.
(Autoflash):
Fires in dark environments or when shooting towards
bright light.
(Fill-flash):
Fires every time you trigger the shutter.
(Slow Sync.):
Fires every time you trigger the shutter. Slow sync
shooting allows you to shoot a clear image of both the subject and the
background.
(Rear Sync.):
Fires right before the exposure is completed every
time you trigger the shutter. A trailing image of the movement of the
subject is captured to make more natural image.
• The selectable items of the flash mode depends on the shooting mode
(page 59).
Notes