Olympus Camedia C-310ZOOM Reference Manual page 58

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Note
Using the flash
• The flash does not fire in the following situations:
When shooting in the movie record mode.
during sequential shooting (
Qj ),
panorama shooting or super
macroshooting (
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)
• The flash may not give you the optimum result in the macro mode,
especially with wide-angle shooting. Check he resulting picture on the
monitor.
•Auto-flash (No indication)
The flash tires automatically in low light or bacl<light conditions.
To shoot a subject With bacKiight, position the AF target marK over the
subject.
• Red-eye reduction flash (
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The light from the flash may maKe the subject's eyes appear red in the
picture. The red-eye reduction nash mode significantly reduces this
phenomenon by emitting pre-nash es before
fi
ring the regular nash. This helps
accustom the subject's eyes to the bright light and minimizes the red-eye
phenomenon.
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The sub)ect's eyes appear red.
• After the pre-flashes, it takes about 1 second before he shutter is
released. Hold the camera firmly to avoid camera movement.
• Effec iveness may be limited
if
the subject is not looking directly at the
pre-flashes, or if he shooting range is too far. lndividual physical
characteristics may also limit effec iveness.
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