Operating Instructions
40
VQT1C76
Advanced-Shooting
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
A: Photo fl ash
• Do not cover the photo fl ash with your
fi ngers or any other items.
■ Switching to the appropriate fl ash
setting
Set the fl ash setting of the built-in fl ash
according to the scene to be recorded.
1 Press q [<].
2 Press e/r or q [<] to switch the
fl ash setting.
• For the fl ash setting contents, refer to
“Flash setting”. For the selectable fl ash
setting, refer to “Available fl ash settings
by recording mode” (P41).
3 Press [MENU/SET].
• You can also press the shutter button
halfway to fi nish.
• When 5 seconds pass without any
operation, the setting selected at the time
is automatically adopted.
■ Flash setting
r : AUTO
The fl ash is automatically activated
according to the recording condition.
s : AUTO/Red-eye reduction*
1
The fl ash is automatically activated
according to the recording condition. It
reduces the red-eye phenomenon (eyes
of the subject appear red in photo fl ash)
by triggering the fl ash before actually
recording the picture.
After that, the fl ash is activated for actual
recording again.
• Use this when you take pictures of
people in low lighting conditions.
t : Forced ON
The fl ash is activated every time
regardless of the recording condition.
• Use this when your subject is back-lit
or under fl uorescent light.
q : Forced ON/Red-eye reduction*
1
• In [PARTY] or [CANDLE LIGHT] in
scene mode (P47), the fl ash mode is
set to Forced ON/Red-eye reduction.
u : Slow sync./Red-eye reduction*
1
When you take a picture with a dark
background landscape, this feature
makes the shutter speed slow when
the fl ash is activated, so that the dark
background landscape will become bright.
Simultaneously it reduces the red-eye
phenomenon.
• You can use this setting only in
[NIGHT PORTRAIT], [PARTY] or
[CANDLE LIGHT] in scene mode (P47).
v : Forced OFF
The fl ash is not activated in any recording
condition.
• Use this when taking pictures in
places where the use of the fl ash is
not permitted.
A
MENU
FLASH
SELECT SET
AUTO
AUTO/RED-EYE
FORCED FLASH ON
FORCED OFF
or