Taking Pictures Using The Built-In Flash - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8 Operating Instructions Manual

Taking Pictures using
the Built-in Flash
OPEN
A To open the flash
Press the [ OPEN] button.
B 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 is closed.
∫ Switching to the appropriate flash
setting
Set the flash to match the recording.
1 Press 1 [ ].
2 Press 3/4 to select a mode.
FLASH
AUTO
AUTO/RED-EYE
FORCED FLASH ON
SLOW SYNC./RED-EYE
SELECT
• You can also press 1 [ ] to select.
• For information about flash settings that
can be selected, refer to "Available flash
settings by recording mode". (P44)
3 Press [MENU/SET].
• You can also press the shutter
button halfway or press the center of
the joystick to finish.
• The menu screen disappears after
about 5 seconds. At this time, the
selected item is automatically set.
or
MENU
SET
: AUTO
The flash is automatically activated when
the recording conditions make it necessary.
: AUTO/Red-eye reduction
The flash is automatically activated when
the recording conditions make it necessary.
It is activated once before the actual
recording to reduce the red-eye
phenomenon (eyes of the subject
appearing red in the picture) and then
activated again for the actual recording.
• Use this when you take pictures of
people in low lighting conditions.
: Forced ON
The flash is activated every time regardless
of the recording conditions.
• Use this when your subject is back-lit
or under fluorescent light.
: Forced ON/Red-eye reduction
• The flash setting is set to Forced ON/
Red-eye reduction only when you set
[PARTY] (P65) or [CANDLE LIGHT]
(P65) in scene mode.
: Slow sync./Red-eye reduction
If you take a picture with a dark background
landscape, this feature will slow the shutter
speed when the flash is activated so that
the dark background landscape will
become bright. Simultaneously it reduces
the red-eye phenomenon.
• Use this when you take pictures of
people in front of a dark background.
: Forced OFF
The flash is not activated in any recording
conditions.
• Use this when you take pictures in
places where the use of the flash is not
permitted.
¢1 The flash is activated twice. The
subject should not move until the
second flash is activated.
Advanced (Recording pictures)
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