Advanced (Recording pictures)
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Item
Description of settings
q
: AUTO
The flash is automatically activated when the recording conditions
make it necessary.
@
:
AUTO/Red-Eye
Reduction
The flash is automatically activated when the recording conditions
make it necessary.
It is activated once before the actual recording to reduce the red-
eye phenomenon (eyes of the subject appearing red in the picture)
and then activated again for the actual recording.
• Use this when you take pictures of people in low lighting
conditions.
t
:
Forced Flash ON
`
:
Forced ON/
Red-Eye
Reduction
The flash is activated every time regardless of the recording
conditions.
• Use this when your subject is back-lit or under fluorescent
light.
• The flash setting is set to [
`
] only when you set [PARTY]
or [CANDLE LIGHT] in Scene Mode.
(P61)
[
:
Slow sync./
Red-Eye
Reduction
If you take a picture with a dark background landscape, this feature
will slow the shutter speed when the flash is activated so that the
dark background landscape will become bright. Simultaneously it
reduces the red-eye phenomenon.
• The flash setting is set to [
[
] only when you set [NIGHT
PORTRAIT], [PARTY], [CANDLE LIGHT] in Scene Mode
(P61)
.
o
:
Forced Flash
OFF
The flash is not activated in any recording conditions.
• Use this when you take pictures in places where the use of
the flash is not permitted.
¼
The flash is activated twice. The subject should not move until the second flash
is activated. Interval until the second flash depends on the brightness of the
subject.
[RED-EYE REMOVAL]
(P93)
on the [REC] Mode menu is set to [ON], [
:
] appears
on the flash icon.
About the Digital Red-Eye Correction
When [RED-EYE REMOVAL]
(P93)
has been set to [ON] and Red-Eye Reduction ([
y
],
[
u
], [
i
]) is selected, Digital Red-Eye Correction is performed whenever the
flash is used. The camera automatically detects red-eye and corrects the picture. (Only
available when [AF MODE] is set to [
3
] and Face Detection is active)
• Under certain circumstances, red-eye cannot be corrected.
• In the following cases, Digital Red-Eye Correction does not work.
– When the flash setting is set to [
q
], [
t
] or [
o
]
– When [RED-EYE REMOVAL] is set to [OFF]
– When [AF MODE] is set to anything except [
3
]
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