Taking Pictures Using The Built-In Flash - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ3 Operating Instructions Manual

Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash

When you set the flash, you can take
pictures using the built-in flash according to
the recording condition.
∫ To open the flash
Press the [ OPEN] button.
∫ To close the flash
Press the flash until it clicks.
• Be sure to close the flash when not in use.
• The flash setting is fixed to Forced OFF
[ ] while the flash closes.
∫ Switching to the appropriate flash
setting
Recording pictures (basic)
: AUTO
The flash is automatically activated
according to the recording condition.
: AUTO/Red-eye reduction
The flash is automatically activated
according to the recording condition.
It reduces the red-eye phenomenon
(eyes of the subject appear red in photo
flash) by triggering the flash at 1 second
before actually recording the picture.
• Use this when you take pictures of
people in low lighting conditions.
: Forced ON
The flash is activated every time
regardless of the recording condition.
• Use this when your subject is
back-lit or under fluorescent light.
: Forced ON/Red-eye reduction
• When you set to [PARTY] in scene
mode (P60) or compensate the
backlight in simple mode [
mode is set to Forced ON/Red-eye
reduction.
: Slow sync./Red-eye reduction
When you take a picture with a dark
background landscape, this feature
makes the shutter speed slow when the
flash is activated, so that the dark
background landscape will become
bright. Simultaneously it reduces the
red-eye phenomenon.
• Use this when taking pictures of
people in front of a dark background.
: Forced OFF
The flash is not activated in any
recording condition.
• Use this when taking pictures in
places where the use of the flash is
not permitted.
], the flash
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