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Flash Modes
The options available vary with the shooting mode.
•
N
(fill flash)
: The flash fires with every shot.
•
N
Y
(red-eye reduction)
: Use for portraits. The flash fires with
every shot, but before it fires, the red-eye reduction lamp lights
to help reduce “red-eye.” Not available in
4
(underwater;
5
,
6
) mode.
•
N
Y
p
(red-eye red slow sync)
: As for “red-eye reduction”,
above, except that shutter speed slows automatically to cap-
ture background lighting at night or under low light. Use when
you want to include background lighting in portraits. Available
only in modes
P
and
A
.
•
Np
(fill flash + slow sync)
: As for “fill flash”, above, except that
shutter speed slows automatically to capture background
lighting at night or under low light. Use when you want to cap-
ture both subject and background. Available only in modes
P
,
A
,
and
4
(underwater;
5
,
6
).
•
Nr
(rear c slow sync)
: As for “rear-curtain sync”, below,
except that shutter speed slows automatically to capture back-
ground lighting at night or under low light. Use when you want
to capture both subject and background. Available only in
modes
P
,
A
, and
4
(underwater;
5
,
6
).
•
Nq
(rear-curtain sync)
: The flash fires just before the shutter
closes, creating a stream of light behind moving light sources
as shown below at right. Available only in modes
S
and
M
.
•
s
(off)
: The flash does not fire. Available only when built-in
flash is raised; not available in
o
(night portrait) mode or when
HDR is disabled in
m
(backlighting) mode.
Front-curtain sync
Rear-curtain sync
