Using The Flash - Canon PowerShot A510 User Manual

Shooting – The Basics

Using the Flash

Mode Dial
* In (Fireworks), the flash is prohibited.
Use the flash according to the guidelines below.
The flash fires automatically as
Auto with required by the lighting level,
red-eye and the red-eye reduction lamp
reduction fires each time the main flash
fires.
The flash fires automatically as
Auto
required by the lighting level.
Flash on with
The red-eye reduction lamp and
red-eye
the flash always fire.
reduction
Flash on The flash always fires.
Flash off The flash does not fire.
1
Press the button
to switch between
flash modes.
The selected flash mode
appears on the LCD
monitor.
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You can switch between settings by pressing
the button.
*
When the red-eye reduction function is on
When the red-eye reduction function is off
This operation may not work in certain
Shooting modes (p. 159).
2
Shoot the image.
The flash will fire if the upper indicator lights
orange when the shutter button is pressed
halfway. (Does not fire in
Shooting procedures are the same as for the
mode (p. 33).
When shooting with a high ISO sensitivity and
using the flash, there is more of a chance of
overexposure the closer you are to the
subject.
.)