Operating instructions

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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Item Description of settings
q: AUTO
The ash is automatically activated when the recording conditions
make it necessary.
@:
AUTO/Red-Eye
Reduction
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The ash is automatically activated when the recording conditions
make it necessary.
It is activated once before the actual recording to reduce the red-
eye phenomenon (eyes of the subject appearing red in the picture)
and then activated again for the actual recording.
• Use this when you take pictures of people in low lighting
conditions.
t:
Forced Flash ON
`:
Forced ON/
Red-Eye
Reduction
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The ash is activated every time regardless of the recording
conditions.
• Use this when your subject is back-lit or under uorescent
light.
• The ash setting is set to [`] only when you set [PARTY]
or [CANDLE LIGHT] in Scene Mode. (P61)
[:
Slow sync./
Red-Eye
Reduction
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If you take a picture with a dark background landscape, this feature
will slow the shutter speed when the ash is activated so that the
dark background landscape will become bright. Simultaneously it
reduces the red-eye phenomenon.
• The ash setting is set to [[] only when you set [NIGHT
PORTRAIT], [PARTY], [CANDLE LIGHT] in Scene Mode (P61).
o:
Forced Flash
OFF
The ash is not activated in any recording conditions.
• Use this when you take pictures in places where the use of
the ash is not permitted.
¼
The ash is activated twice. The subject should not move until the second ash
is activated. Interval until the second ash depends on the brightness of the
subject.
[RED-EYE REMOVAL] (P93) on the [REC] Mode menu is set to [ON], [:] appears
on the ash icon.
 About the Digital Red-Eye Correction
When [RED-EYE REMOVAL] (P93) has been set to [ON] and Red-Eye Reduction ([y],
[u], [i]) is selected, Digital Red-Eye Correction is performed whenever the
ash is used. The camera automatically detects red-eye and corrects the picture. (Only
available when [AF MODE] is set to [3] and Face Detection is active)
• Under certain circumstances, red-eye cannot be corrected.
• In the following cases, Digital Red-Eye Correction does not work.
– When the ash setting is set to [q], [t] or [o]
– When [RED-EYE REMOVAL] is set to [OFF]
– When [AF MODE] is set to anything except [3]