P Mode Flash: The Basics; Flash Range - Minolta 5600HS (D) Instruction Manual

P MODE FLASH: THE BASICS

1. Select the P mode on the cam-
2. Press the flash ON/OFF button
3. Press the shutter-release but-
• With the Maxxum/Dynax 7, automatic flash is used with
and fill flash when the P mode is selected.
• With the Maxxum/Dynax 9 and 800si, fill flash is used when the P
mode is selected (automatic flash may also be selected as a custom
setting with the 800si).
• With other cameras, automatic flash is used when the P mode is
selected. Fill flash may be selected in the same way as the built-in
flash in the camera.
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era.
to display or
ton partway down.
• and appear with auto-
matic flash. Only appears with
fill flash.
full-auto,
.
• The photo will be under-exposed if taken before charging is complete.
• When a photo is taken immediately after charging is complete while
using slide film, it may be under-exposed near the farther limit of the
flash range (p. 18).
• Press the shutter-release button after checking that charging is com-
plete when using the flash with the self-timer.
4. Press the shutter-release but-
ton partway down and check
that the subject is within the

flash range.

• See page 18 for details of the flash
range.
5. When the flash is charged,
press the shutter-release but-
ton to take the photo.
• The flash is charged when
tors on the rear of the unit and in the
camera viewfinder are both lit.
When the correct exposure has been
obtained for the photo just taken:
• is displayed in the data panel for
approximately four seconds.
• The indicator blinks in the camera
viewfinder.
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