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Flash shooting
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3
Basi
c shooti
ng
functi
ons
3
Press the shutter button halfway.
• In conditions where the flash will fire, the
#
mark lights (flash stand-by).
4
Press the shutter button fully to
take the picture.
You can adjust the amount of light emitted by the flash.
In some situations, you may get better results by adjusting the light emission.
Examples include small subjects, distant backgrounds, or situations when increased
contrast is desired.
Top menu
[MODE MENU]
[CAMERA]
[
w
]
g
“Using the menus” (P. 17)
1
Press
sr
to adjust the flash
intensity, and press
Z
.
TIPS
The
#
(flash charge) mark blinks.
j
Flash charging. Wait until the
#
mark turns off.
Note
• The flash does not fire in the following situations:
High-speed sequential shooting, auto bracketing, super macro shooting,
and panorama shooting.
• The flash may not give you the optimum result in macro mode with the zoom
set to wide-angle (W). Check the resulting picture on the monitor.
Flash intensity control
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1600
1600×1200
1200
SQ1
SQ1
F4.0
F4.0
1/200
1/200
0.0
0.0
#
mark
0.0
DIGITAL ZOOM
SET
PIC
CAMERA
MEM
SYNCRO
FLASH