Owner's Manual

Flash Modes
The camera supports the following flash modes:
II
Flash mode
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Front-curtain
sync
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Red-eye
reduction
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Red-eye
reduction
with
slow sync
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LOW
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Slow sync
Description
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This mode is recommended for most situations. In
i programmed auto and aperture-priority auto modes,
shutter speed will automatically be set
to values
between
'1250 and '/60 s ('/8,000 to '/60 swhen an
optional flash unit is used with Auto FP High-Speed
Sync) (pg. 377).
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Red-eye reduction lamp lights for approximately one
second before main flash. Pupils in subject's eyes
to
contract, reducing "red-eye" effect sometimes caused
.by flash. Owing
to one-second shutter-release delay,
this mode
is not recommended with moving subjects
or in other situations in which quick shutter response
is required. Avoid moving camera while red-eye
reduction lamp
is lit.
Combines red-eye reduction
with slow sync. Use for
portraits taken against a backdrop
of night scenery.
Available only in programmed auto and aperture-
priority auto exposure modes.
Use of a tripod is
recommended to prevent blurring caused by camera
shake.
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Flash is combined with shutter speeds as slow as 30 s
to capture both subject and background at night or
under
dim light. This mode is only available in
programmed auto and aperture-priority auto
exposure modes.
Use of tripod is recommended to
prevent blurring caused by camera shake.
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