75
Flash shooting
4
Fl
as
h
3
Press the shutter button fully to take the picture.
Flash working range
W (max.): Approx. 0.8 m to 3.7 m (2.6 ft. to 12 ft.)
T (max.) : Approx. 0.8 m to 2.2 m (2.6 ft. to 7 ft.)
TIPS
The orange lamp or the
#
(flash standby) indication blinks.
→
The flash is charging. Wait until the orange lamp or
#
goes off.
Camera movement warning (Auto-flash, red-eye reduction, fill-in
flash)
→
When the orange lamp or
#
lights, the flash fires automatically but
the shutter speed locks at a level at which camera movement is
not likely to occur. The zoom position changes depending on the
level at which the shutter speed locked.
• AUTO,
!
,
#
and
H
SLOW are not available in
S
and
M
modes.
• The flash does not fire in the following situations:
In
n
mode, during sequential shooting (
i
,
j
,
k
,
7
), during super-macro shooting, when FUNCTION is set
to WHITE BOARD/BLACK BOARD, 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.
• When a conversion lens is attached to the camera, vignetting may
occur. To take flash pictures, use an external flash.
Zoom position Shutter speed
W (max.)
1/30 sec.
T (max.)
1/100 sec.
Note