Precautions When Using Flash - Casio QV-3500EX User Manual

Precautions when Using Flash

• Make sure that you do not touch or block the flash or the
exposure sensor with your fingers. Doing so can soil these
components and interfere with correct flash operation.
Exposure sensor
• Flash is best be used for distances within the range of
about 0.5 meters to 4 meters (fully open aperture). Flash
does not work well outside this ranges.
• Depending on operating conditions (type of batteries being
used, temperature, etc. ), it may take up to 40 seconds for
the flash unit to charge.
• The flash is disabled during movie recording, which is indi-
cated by the (Flash Off) icon on the monitor screen.
• The flash unit does not charge when battery power is too
low to charge the flash. The
pears in order to warn you that the flash will not fire cor-
rectly, which may affect exposure of the image. Replace
batteries as soon as possible when this happens.
BASIC IMAGE RECORDING
Flash
(Flash Off) indicator ap-
• Red-eye reduction
is not pointed directly at the subject or when the subject is
far from the camera.
• In the Red-eye Reduction Mode
matically in accordance with exposure. Because of this,
the flash does not fire if the subject is well-lit.
• White balance is fixed while the flash is being used, so sun-
light, fluorescent lighting, or other sources of illumination in
the immediate area may affect the coloring of the recorded
image.
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may not work well when the camera
, the flash is fired auto-