II. BASIC
OPERATIONS
Automatic Flash Firing
lf the AE indicator in the viewfinder
blinks under dark or back-lit
conditions,
please
use the flash
(see page
33). The flash will fire
automatically.
Automatic flash firing will function
when an image zone
setting is
set.
Red-eye Reduction
In
photographs
of
people
taken with
fiash,
the
subject's eyes
may
appear
red. This is
due to
light from
the flash reflected from
the
person's
eyes.
This
phenomena
is
called
"red-eye."
For flash
shots
when
red-eye is
likely
to occur, the red-eye reduction lamp
lights
automatically and
momentarily
causes the
person's
pupils
to
contract, thereby reducing
the
chance
of
red-eye.
The red-eye reduction function
operates
aulomatically
for
shots taken in
the
fully
automatic
(E3
)
and
portrait
modes
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When
the shutter
button is
pressed
halfway,
the indicators in the
viewfinder will
blink
for
2
seconds to
indicate
that the red-eye reduction
lamp
turned
on.
When
the
shutter button is
pressed
halfway
viewfinder
stops blinking and reverts
to
normal,
take
the
photograph.
until the indicators in
the
press
the
shutter
button to
.
The effectiveness
of
red-eye
reduction may vary
depending on the
person.
.
Red-eye
reduction will not work
unless the
person(s)
to
be
photographed
looks at the red-
eye reduction lamp.
Tell
the
person(s)
to
look
at the red-eye reduction lamp
before taking the
picture.
To reduce
red-eye, the following measures
will also help:
.
Take
the
photo
under
well-lit
conditions.
.
Move
closer
to the
person(s)
to be
photographed.
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