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Using the flash
Select the flash mode best suited to the light conditions and the effect you
want to achieve.
1
Open the lens barrier fully.
• The lens extends and the monitor turns on.
2
Press
(
) to set flash mode.
• The current flash setting is displayed.
• Each time you press
, the flash mode
changes in the following sequence:
“AUTO” – “
Red-eye reduction” –
“
Fill-in flash” – “
Flash off”.
3
Press the shutter button halfway.
• When the flash is ready to fire, the orange lamp lights steady.
4
Press the shutter button fully to take the picture.
Flash working range
W : Approx. 0.5 m to 3.6 m (1.6 ft. to 11.8 ft.)
T : Approx. 0.2 m to 2 m (0.7 ft. to 6.6 ft.)
TIPS
The orange lamp or the
(flash standby) indication blinks.
Æ
The flash is charging. Wait until the lamp goes off.
• The flash does not fire in the following situations:
When shooting a bright subject (AUTO,
), in the movie
record mode, during Panorama shooting.
• The flash may not give you the optimum result in macro mode,
especially with wide-angle shooting. Check the resulting picture on
the monitor.
Shutter button
(
)
Note
