Panasonic DMC-G1K Digital Still Camera - Page 59

Advanced (Recording pictures) If you take a picture with a dark background landscape, this feature will ( ): Slow sync./Red-eye reduction slow the shutter speed when the flash is activated so that the dark background landscape will become bright. Simultaneously it reduces the red-eye phenomenon. • Use this when you take pictures of people in front of a dark background. The flash is not activated in any recording conditions. Œ: Forced flash OFF • Use this when you take pictures in places where the use of the flash is not permitted. ¢ The flash is activated twice. The interval between the first and second flash is longer when [ ], [ ] or [ ] is set. The subject should not move until the second flash is activated. Flash interval depends on the brightness of the subject. ∫ About the digital red-eye correction When the flash is used with the Red-eye reduction selected, it will automatically detect and correct the red-eye in the image data. • It may not be able to correct the red-eye depending on the recording conditions. It may also correct objects other than red-eye. • It can be set to [OFF (P101). ]) with the [D.RED-EYE] in the [REC] mode menu ∫ Available flash settings by recording mode The available flash settings depend on the recording mode. (±: Available, -: Not available, ¥: Initial setting of advanced scene mode and scene mode) ‡ ‰ Œ --± ±--± ------ ¥ ‡ ‰ Œ 1 ------ ¥ 2 ¢ When [‡] is selected, [ ], [ ] or [ ] is set depending on the type of subject and brightness. VQT1U32 59