Minolta MAXXUM 3xi Instruction Manual page 28

(Flash Basics)
Pre-Flash
In photos of people, sometimes the subject's eyes appear to glow bright red.
This is caused by light from the flash reflecting off the interior of the person's
eyes. This camera has a pre-flash feature which reduces the appearance of
"red eye". In pre-flash mode when you press the shutter-release button
completely down, the flash will fire a series of pulses before the main burst.
This causes your subject's pupils to close slightly and greatly reduces the
amount of light which will reflect off of the inside of their eyes.
Press the pre-flash button once so
that appears in the data panel.
The pre-flash will fire before every
flash exposure.
To select pre-flash:
To cancel pre-flash:
Press the pre-flash button again;^|jS^oWill appear in the data panel.
® Pressing the program re-set button will not cancel pre-flash.
• When you use pre-flash, warn your subject before you take the picture that
the flash will fire several times so that they know what to expect.
* The built-in flash also acts as the camera's AF illuminator. Canceling pre¬
flash will not cancel the AF illuminator flash. See p.30 for details.
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