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The table below will help you to choose the appropriate flash mode:
Flash Mode
Description
[
] Auto
The flash fires automatically according to the ambient lighting
conditions.
Select this mode for general photography.
When the scene mode is set to [
] PORTRAIT or [
] PROTRAIT
+ LANDSCAPE in [
] record mode, the flash fires twice for
[
] red-eye reduction, and the image is taken at the second
firing.
[
] Red-eye Reduction The flash emits a precursor-flash before the main flash fires. This
causes the pupil in the human eye to constrict, reducing the red-
eye phenomenon.
Select this mode when taking images of people and animals in low-
light conditions.
The flash always fires twice, and the image is taken at the second
firing.
[ ] Forced Flash
The flash will always fire regardless of the surrounding brightness.
Select this mode for recording images with high contrast
(backlighting, fluorescent lighting, etc.) and deep shadows.
[
] Suppressed Flash The flash will not fire.
Select this mode when taking images in a place where flash
photography is prohibited, or when the distance to the subject is
beyond the effective range of the flash.
[
] Slow Sync
The flash is fired at a slower shutter speed.
This flash mode is effective when taking pictures so that not only
the subject but also the background are both clearly reproduced in
artificial light (backlighting, fluorescent lighting, etc.) or with people
against the night as a background scene.
Firing is fixed at “disabled” when the flash is closed.
When the scene mode is set to [
] LANDSCAPE or [
]SPORTS, firing is fixed at
“disabled” and flash photography cannot be set.
When the scene mode is set to [
] NIGHT SCENE, firing is fixed at [
] Slow Sync.
