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Flash shooting
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Flash modes available in different exposure mode
*1 When the flash is set to the Super FP mode, it detects backlight before
emitting light.
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"Super FP flash" (P. 60)
*2 In
/
mode, AUTO,
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#
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are not available.
Exposure
mode
Control panel
screen/menu
display
Flash mode
Conditions
to timing
Conditions to
fire the flash
Shutter
speed
restrictions
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AUTO
Auto-flash
1st curtain
Fires
automatically in
dark/backlit *
1
conditions
1/30 sec. -
1/180 sec.
!
Auto-flash
(red-eye reduction)
#
Fill-in flash
Always fires
60 sec. -
1/180 sec.
$
Flash off
–
–
–
!
SLOW
Slow synchronization
(red-eye reduction)
1st curtain
Fires
automatically in
dark/backlit *
1
conditions
60 sec. -
1/180 sec.
#
SLOW
Slow synchronization
(1st curtain)
#
SLOW2
Slow synchronization
(2nd curtain)
2nd curtain
#
FULL
Manual flash (FULL)
1st curtain
#
1/4
Manual flash (1/4)
#
1/16
Manual flash (1/16)
#
1/64
Manual flash (1/64)
S
M
#
Fill-in flash
Always fires
H
Fill-in flash
(red-eye reduction)
$
Flash off
–
–
–
#
SLOW2
Fill-in flash/
Slow synchronization/
(2nd curtain)
2nd curtain
Always fires
60 sec. -
1/180 sec.
#
FULL
Manual flash (FULL)
1st curtain
#
1/4
Manual flash (1/4)
#
1/16
Manual flash (1/16)
#
1/64
Manual flash (1/64)
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