Instruction Manual

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14. Miscellaneous
• You can set the aperture value, the shutter speed and the ISO sensitivity on the camera even
with an attached external flash unit.
• Some commercial external flash units have synchro terminals with high-voltage or reversed
polarity. Using such devices may cause a malfunction or the camera may not operate normally.
• Even if the attached external flash unit is turned off, the camera may enter the external flash
mode. When you are not using the external flash unit, detach it.
• Do not open the built-in flash when an external flash unit is attached.
• The camera may become top-heavy when attaching the larger external flash unit.
• Detach the external flash unit when carrying the camera.
• With an attached the flash unit, do not hold the combination only by the flash unit because it
may detach from the camera.
• If you use an external flash unit when the White Balance is set to [ ], finely adjust the White
Balance depending on the picture quality. (P129)
• If you record at close range with the lens set to a short (Wide) focal length, light from the flash
may be blocked by the lens, darkening the lower part of the picture.
• Read the instructions of the external flash for details.
When using other commercially available external flash units without
communication functions with the camera
•
It is necessary to set the exposure on the external flash unit. If you want to use it in its Auto
Mode, use one that allows you to set the aperture value and the ISO sensitivity to match the
settings on the camera.
• Set to Aperture-Priority Mode or Manual Exposure Mode on the camera and then set the
same aperture value and ISO sensitivity on the external flash unit. (The exposure cannot be
compensated adequately due to the change on the aperture value in Shutter-Priority Mode
and the external flash unit cannot control its light output
adequately in Program Mode
because the aperture value cannot be fixed.)