Flash Unit Status - Casio QV-R40 Getting Ready

BASIC IMAGE RECORDING
I About Red-eye Reduction
Using the flash to record at night or in a dimly lit room can
cause red spots inside the eyes of people who are in the
image. This is caused when the light from the flash reflects
off of the retina of the eye. When red-eye reduction is
selected as the flash mode, the camera performs two pre-
flash operations, one designed to cause the irises in the
eyes of any people in the image to close, and one for the
Auto Focus operation. This is followed by another flash
operation for actual recording of the image.
IMPORTANT!
Note the following important points when using red-
eye reduction.
• Red-eye reduction does not work unless the people
in the image are looking directly at the camera during
the pre-flash. Before pressing the shutter release
button, call out to the subjects so they all look at the
camera while the pre-flash operation is performed.
• Red-eye reduction may not work very well if the
subjects are located far away from the camera.

Flash Unit Status

You can find out the current flash unit status by pressing
the shutter release button half way and checking the
monitor screen and red operation lamp.
The indicator is also
shown on the monitor
screen when the flash
unit is ready to fire.
* Red operation lamp
When the red operation
lamp is this:
Flashing
Lit
59
Red operation lamp *
It means this:
Flash unit is charging
Flash unit is ready to fire