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SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT
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Flash Precautions
•
The desired effect may not
b
e o
b
tained
w
hen the s
ub
ject is
too far a
w
ay or too close.
•
Flash charging time depends on operating conditions (
b
attery
condition, am
b
ient temperat
u
re, etc.)
W
ith a f
u
lly charged
b
attery, it takes any
w
here from a fe
w
seconds to 7 seconds.
•
Shooting
w
ith flash t
u
rned off
w
hen lighting is dim res
u
lts in a
slo
w
sh
u
tter speed,
w
hich can ca
u
se image
b
l
u
r d
u
e to hand
mo
v
ement. Sec
u
re the camera
w
ith a tripod, etc.
•
W
ith red eye red
u
ction, the flash is fired a
u
tomatically in
accordance
w
ith expos
u
re. It does not fire in areas
w
here
lighting is
b
right.
•
The presence of o
u
tdoor s
u
nlight, fl
u
orescent lighting, or
some other light so
u
rce can ca
u
se a
b
normal image colors.
W
ith the self-timer, pressing the sh
u
tter
bu
tton starts a timer,
and the sh
u
tter is released and the image is shot after a fixed
amo
u
nt of time.
Using the Self-Timer
Self-Timer Type
Description
10 sec
10-second self-timer
2 sec
2-second self-timer
•
W
hen shooting
u
nder conditions that
slo
w
do
w
n the sh
u
tter speed, yo
u
can
u
se this setting to pre
v
ent
b
l
u
r d
u
e to
hand mo
v
ement.
X3
(Triple Self-timer)
This option shoots three images: one
image 10 seconds after the sh
u
tter
bu
tton
is pressed, the next image one second
after the camera gets ready to shoot after
the first image, and the final image one
second after the camera gets ready to
shoot after the second image.
Off
Self-timer is disa
b
led.
10
s
2
s
x
3
