Polaroid Spectra 2 User Manual page 18

10 Features
If the background of a flash picture is too dark but your
Backgrounds too dark?
(pictures 12, 13)
subject is well illuminated (picture 12), the background is
too far away.
Moving the control to the lighten setting will not correct
this problem, so be sure the exposure control is in the
normal position.
Retake the picture, placing your subject near a background
and keeping both within the 2 to 15 foot (0.6m to 4.6m)
flash range (picture 13).