Flash Modes - Leica X-U 113 Instructions Manual

FLASH MODES

Selecting the mode:
1. Press the cross pad ( )
2. In the sub-menu, select the desired setting by pressing up/
down/right on the cross pad or use the direction buttons
3. Press the ,
MENU/SET INFO
• The flash mode display changes accordingly.
Automatic Flash Activation -
This is the default mode. The flash is activated automatically
whenever longer shutter speeds due to poor lighting conditions would
lead to blurred pictures.
Automatic Flash and Pre-Flash Activation -
This function reduces the "red eye" effect when using the flash to take
pictures of people. If possible, the people should not look directly at
the camera. As the effect is exacerbated when the pupils are wide open
in low light conditions, you should turn on as much room lighting as
possible when taking photographs indoors.
The pre-flash, which is triggered shortly before the main flash when
you press the shutter button, narrows the pupils of people looking at
the camera, thereby reducing the effect.
or shutter button to save the setting
Automatic Flash Activation -
For back lit pictures, where your main subject does not fill the entire
frame and is in shadow, or in situations where you want to mitigate
high contrasts, e.g. due to direct sunlight (fill flash).
As long as this mode is active, the flash unit will be activated for every
picture, irrespective of the prevailing lighting conditions.
The flash power is controlled according to the metered external
brightness: in poor light, as in automatic flash mode, with increasing
brightness at a lower power (up to a maximum of -1
then works as a fill-in light, e.g. to light up dark shadows in the
foreground or back lit subjects to create more balanced overall
lighting.
Manual Flash and Pre-Flash Activation -
For a combination of the situations and functions described above.
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