Panasonic DMCFH3 - DIGITAL STILL CAMERA Operating Instructions Manual page 48

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The flash is automatically activated when the recording conditions make it
‡: AUTO
necessary.
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
AUTO/Red-eye
phenomenon (eyes of the subject appearing red in the picture) and then
¢
reduction
activated again for the actual recording.
• Use this when you take pictures of people in low lighting conditions.
‰:
The flash is activated every time regardless of the recording conditions.
Forced flash ON • Use this when your subject is back-lit or under fluorescent lights.
: • The flash setting is set to [
Forced ON/
Red-eye
¢
reduction
If you take a picture with a dark background, this feature will slow the shutter
:
speed when the flash is activated so that the dark background will become
Slow sync./
bright. Simultaneously it reduces the red-eye phenomenon.
Red-eye
• The flash setting is set to [
¢
reduction
Œ:
The flash is not activated in any recording conditions.
Forced flash • Use this when you take pictures in places where the use of the flash
OFF
¢ The flash is activated twice. The subject should not move until the second flash is
activated. Interval until the second flash depends on the brightness of the subject.
[RED-EYE REMOVAL]
the flash icon.
∫ About the digital red-eye correction
When [RED-EYE REMOVAL]
[ ], [ ]) is selected, Digital Red-Eye Correction is performed whenever the flash is
used. The camera automatically detects red-eye and corrects the picture.
(Only available when [AF MODE] is set to [š] and Face Detection is active)
• Under certain circumstances, red-eye cannot be corrected.
• In the following cases, Digital Red-Eye Correction does not work.
– When the flash setting is set to [‡], [‰] or [Œ]
– When [RED-EYE REMOVAL] is set to [OFF]
– When [AF MODE] is set to anything except [š]
Advanced (Recording pictures)
[CANDLE LIGHT] in Scene Mode.
[NIGHT PORTRAIT], [PARTY], [CANDLE LIGHT] in Scene Mode (P56).
is not permitted.
(P88) on the [REC] Mode menu is set to [ON], [
(P88) has been set to [ON] and Red-Eye Reduction ([
Description of settings
] only when you set [PARTY] or
(P56)
] only when you set
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] appears on
],