Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ18 Operating Instructions Manual page 51

: 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] (P77) or [CANDLE LIGHT]
(P78) 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.
¢ The flash is activated twice. The
subject should not move until the
second flash is activated.
Advanced (Recording pictures)
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∫ Available flash settings by recording
mode
The available flash settings depend on the
recording mode.
(±: Available, —: Not available, ¥: Initial
setting)
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