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Operating the camera
To select the flash setting:
1. Set the mode dial to the desired shooting mode.
2. Press the button
by the side of the flash to open it.
3. Press
of the 4-way control and use left / right of the 4-way control to select your desired
setting.
EV
EV (Exposure Value) lightens or darkens the entire image. Adjust EV when the brightness between
the subject and the background is not balanced, or when the subject occupies only a small part of the
picture.
To adjust exposure value:
• Press and use up / down of the 4-way control to select your desired value. The value increases
or decreases at an interval of 1/3.
Under some circumstances, exposure value adjustment may not be applicable.
Slow Sync
Fires the flash immediately at the beginning of exposure with a
slow shutter speed, so ambient lighting of the foreground subject
and background scene can be balanced in a low-light environment.
Forced Off
The flash does not fire. Select this mode when flash photography
is prohibited, or when the distance to the subject is beyond the
effective range of the flash.
• The flash mode is not available in
Continuous shooting
modes.
• When the flash is closed, flash mode is automatically set to flash off.
When turning mode dial to manual exposure mode, the exposure meter display the exposure in real-time. If it is
under or over exposed, i.e. e/- 2EV, the value is displayed -2.0EV (under -exposure) or +2.0 EV (over -
exposure) in red. If it is normally exposed, the value is displayed in white.
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