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USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH
• This function works only in Photo mode.
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• You can take natural looking flash photo images with appropriate illumination using the
built-in flash, whether they are night scenes, indoors or in other dark places.
Press the
Flash
( ) button.
• Each time you press the
Flash
( ) button, flash mode is changed to; Auto ( ), Red-
eye (
), Fill in ( ), Slow sync ( ), or Off ( ).
• The built-in flash opens and operates during recording according to the set flash mode.
To close the built-in flash after use, push and close it lightly with your finger.
Flash mode
Settings
Contents
On-screen
display
Off
Disables the function.
Auto
The flash comes on depending on the brightness of the subject.
Red-eye
The flash prefires automatically before the main firing to reduce red-eye.
Fill in
The flash comes on regardless of the brightness of the subject.
Slow sync
The shutter speed is set to slow and the flash fires at the adjusted shutter speed. Use to
capture both the subject and background at night or in dim light. Use of a tripod(not supplied) is
recommended to prevent a blurred photo image. Slow sync flash mode allows the user to take
brighter background as well as brighter subject at night.
WARNING
• Do not fire the flash with the flash bulb covered with your hand.
• Do not fire the flash close to people’s eyes. Otherwise the subject could suffer a temporary loss of eyesight. Never use the
flash closer than 1 meter from children.
• When Red-eye reduction auto is set, the flash fires 3 times to perform red-eye reduction during 1.5 seconds.
• The effective flash range is 7~10 feet.
• The battery power will be consumed faster with repeated use of the flash.
• Public places such as museums may prohibit flash use.
• The flash function is not available as following functions: “
Cont. Shot,
” “
EASY Q,
” “
Exposure(Manual).
”
• If you operate the
Flash
(
) button when “
Anti-Shake
” is on, the Anti-Shake function is released and flash is activated
with priority.
built-in
flash
