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Red-eye
Reduction
Always
fires
Flash mode
Flash Timimg
1st-curtain
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
YES
1st-curtain
2nd-curtain
1st-curtain
1st-curtain
1st-curtain
Fires automatically
in dark light,
backlighted subject
Control Panel Display
(None)
Auto flash
Auto flash
(Red-eye Reduction)
Slow synchro
Slow synchro
(2nd Curtain)
Slow synchro
(Red-eye Reduction)
Fill-in flash
NO
NO
NO
YES
NO
NO
YES
YES
YES
1st-curtain
1st-curtain
2nd-curtain
Red-eye
Reduction
Flash mode
Always
fires
Flash Timimg
Fires automatically
in dark light,
backlighted subject
Control Panel Display
Fill-in flash
Fill-in flash
(2nd Curtain)
Fill-in flash
(Red-eye Reduction)
Control Panel
Flash Mode
Function
Display
(none)
Auto Flash
Adjusts flash intensity according to the brightness of the subject.
SLOW
Slow
Flash fires just before the end of the shutter release. When
2nd-CURTAIN
Synchronization
2nd-CURTAIN is not selected, the camera is set to release to fire the
flash at the beginning of the shutter release (1st-CURTAIN).
Fill-in
Flash always fires, regardless of the light conditions.
Red-eye
Camera fires 10 short bursts to contract the pupils of the subject’s eyes
Reduction
to reduce the red-eye effect. There is a 1-second delay before the
shutter releases after pressing the shutter button.
To select the flash mode
The flash mode selection determines how the flash is fired to achieve various effects. To select the
flash mode, hold down the flash mode button
, and then turn the main dial or sub dial button to the
left or right until you see the desired setting.
The number of available flash control mode settings is determined by the current shooting mode
selection.
Flash control modes for
P
(Program) and
A
(Aperture priority) modes
Flash control modes for
S
(Shutter priority) and
M
(Manual) modes
To use flash mode compensation
If you encounter difficulty with a subject that is too bright or too dark when shooting with the flash,
use flash control compensation. Set the mode dial to
P
,
A
,
S
, or
M
, and then press the menu button
. In the shooting mode, select the flash control mark
and set the flash compensation value.
After you press the
button to close the menu, take the picture. To release the flash mode
compensation setting, repeat this procedure and select zero for the flash compensation setting.