Pentax IQ Zoom IQZoom Manual - Page 20

F LASH PHOTOG RAPHY 2 FL 0 O F.E TA3C As you depress the shutter button half-way in a dark or dimly -lit place, the camera is automatically switched to flash photography. For the flasheffective range, refer to the table on the next page. When taking a picture of a person in the shade of trees in the daytime, or in the dusk, you can use this camera's flash as a supplementary light. 1. As you depress the shutter button half-way, the red lamp next to the viewfinder eyepiece begins to flicker, indicating the flash is being charged. 2. When the red lamp has stopped flickering, redepress the shutter button half-way, and after 16 making sure the red lamp lights up (which indicates the flash is ready), release the shutter. The flash will start charging for the next shot. 3. When making daylight-sync flash (fill-in flash), depress the shutter button half-way while pushing the daylight-sync button ( 5 ►, then make sure the red lamp lights up, and finally release the shutter. CAUTIONS • When the daylight-sync flash is used as a supplementary light, the effect of flash differs more or less, depending on how bright the available light is or how long the camera-to-subject distance is.