Canon Optura 100 Instruction Manual page 54

Returning the flash to the body
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Press the flash down with your hand.
• Do not return the flash to the body while it is firing.
Caution:
• Do not fire the flash close to people's eyes.
• Do not fire the flash at drivers while they are driving.
• Do not fire the flash with the flash bulb covered with your hand.
Notes:
• The practical range of flash picture is approximately from 3 ft 3
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9 ft 10 /
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• Your camcorder automatically adjusts the flash exposure according to the
brightness of the subject (Flash exposure compensation). The flash fires to
perform flash exposure compensation before the main firing for taking photos.
When
exposure compensation between the pre-firing for red-eye reduction and the
main firing for taking photos. It takes about 1 second between the pre-firing for
red-eye reduction and the main firing.
• In "Red-eye reduction auto" mode, the subject needs to look at the pre-firing
flash in order to have red-eye reduction effective. The degree of reduction
varies on the distance to the subject and also on each individual.
• If the flash is forced to fire (Flash on) in a bright location, the effect of flash
photography sometimes may not be obtained.
• The flash does not fire in the following cases:
– When exposure is locked in Auto or Red-eye reduction auto mode.
Flash display changes to purple:
– When the optional VL-3 Video Light attached to the camcorder is set to any
setting other than OFF.
– When a shutter speed of 1/2000 or faster is set in the TAPE CAMERA mode.
However, in the case that "Flash on" is selected, the display of the selected
shutter speed flashes (in purple) for four seconds, then changes to "1/1000"
(yellow), and the flash fires.
The flash display flashes in red:
– When an abnormality occurs during charging (
The flash display disappears:
– When multi-image screen is selected.
– When you are recording movies onto a tape.
• The flash does not fire if
press the PHOTO button. Set it to "Flash on" mode when necessary.
• When the flash is fired with a lens hood or an optional tele-converter attached
to the camcorder, its shadow may be recorded.
• When a tape recorded using a flash is played back on different equipment, the
image may flicker.
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in (3 m). Depending on the recording conditions, the range varies.
(Red-eye reduction auto) is set, the flash fires to perform flash
does not appear green in the display when you
3
/ in (1 m) to
8
135).