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Selecting a flash mode
Each time you press the button, the display
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No indicator (Auto) t (forced flash) t
(no flash)
When POWER SAVE is ON
(no flash) t No indicator (Auto) t
2 (forced flash)
, Center te subjhect in the frame,, Turn the mode dial to select If the menu is currently displayed, press the ,
and press the shutter all the and press v () on the control MENU button first and the menu will
disappear.
way down.button repeatedly to select a
You can change the brightness of the flash
flah ms ode.using ?FLASH LEVEL? in the settings menu
The Self-timer lamp (page 10 for the DSC-
(page 93).
P71, page 12 for the DSC-P31) will blink in Flash mode has the following features. When Flash mode is set to Auto or (forced
orange, and you will hear a beeping sound. flash), and you look at the LCD screen in a dark
The image will be shot within No indicator (Auto): Based on the place, you may notice some ?noise? in the
approximately 10 seconds.lighting conditions, the camera will decide image, but this will have no effect on the image
if there is enough light, and will use the you shoot.
flash accordingly (factory setting). While the flash is being charged, the Flash
To cancel the self-timer in the middle
charging lamp blinks. When charging is
(forced flash): The flash will be used
of the operationcompleted, the lamp goes out.
regardless of the amount of ambient light.
Press V () on the control button one more When you press the shutter button halfway
time. (no flash): The flash will not be used.down while the flash is flashing, ( ) the Flash
charge lamp turns on.
If you stand in front of the camera and press the
shutter, the focus and the exposure may not be
correctly set.
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To reduce ?red-eye? when Shooting with the AF When the focus is adjusted manually, the AF
illuminator doesn?t function.
recording live subjectsilluminator
Under the following conditions, the AF
When the flash begins to strobe before This is additional lighting provided to illuminator will not function.
Shooting still images
the image is shot, the red-eye assist in focussing when shooting in dark - When shooting in Twilight landscape
phenomenon is reduced. In SET UP, places.mode
- When shooting in Landscape mode
set ?RED EYE REDUCTION? to Set ?AF ILLUMINATOR? (page 97) in
The AF illuminator is a bright light. There
?ON? (page 97). ? ? will be displayed SET UP to ?AUTO?. When shooting,
are no safety hazards, but when shooting at
on the LCD screen.??ON is displayed; the AF illuminator short distances, do not aim it directly at the
will flash automatically during the time subject?s eyes.
between when the shutter is pressed
halfway down and the focus locks.
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When the AF illuminator flashes, but
sufficient light does not reach the subject
(the maximum recommended distance for
The amount of red-eye reduction possible this feature is 2.8m (9.2 ft.) (wide), 1.8m (5.9
varies according to the individual. In ft.) (tele) in DSC-P71, 2.5m (8.2 ft.) in DSC-
addition, the distance to the subject, and P31, or the subject has weak contrast, the
whether or not the subject has seen the camera may not focus properly.
flash begin to strobe may also reduce the The light from the AF illuminator may miss
effectiveness of the red-eye reduction the center of the image somewhat, but as
process. long as it reaches the subject, the camera will
focus properly.
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