BASIC IMAGE RECORDING
To do this:Select this setting: About Red-eye Reduction
Have the flash fire automatically whenUsing the flash to record at night or in a dimly lit room can
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required (Auto Flash)cause red spots inside the eyes of people who are in the
image. This is caused when the light from the flash reflects
Turn off the flash (Flash Off)off of the retina of the eye. When red-eye reduction is
selected as the flash mode, the camera performs two pre-
Always fire the flash (Flash On)
flash operations, one designed to cause the irises in the
Fire a pre-flash followed by imageeyes of any people in the image to close, and one for the
recording with flash, reducing theAuto Focus operation. This is followed by another flash
chance of red-eye in the image (Red-operation for actual recording of the image.
eye reduction)
In this case, the flash fires automatically
when required IMPORTANT!
Note the following important points when using red-
eye reduction.
3.Record the image.YRed-eye reduction does not work unless the people
in the image are looking directly at the camera during
IMPORTANT! the pre-flash. Before pressing the shutter release
YThe flash unit of this camera fires a number of timesbutton, call out to the subjects so they all look at the
when you record an image. The initial flashes arecamera while the pre-flash operation is performed.
pre-flashes, which the camera uses to obtainYRed-eye reduction may not work very well if the
information that it uses for exposure settings. Thesubjects are located far away from the camera.
final flash is for recording. Make sure that you keep
the camera still until the shutter releases.
YImage recording may not be performed if you press
the shutter release button while the red operation
lamp is flashing.
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