Sony DSLR-A700 User's Manual / Troubleshooting page 196

Using the lIash
Pull the built-in flash up with your finger. With the flash
pulled up, the camera triggers the fla h if the amount of
light is insufficient in auto adjustment mode (AUTO).
Push the flash down with your finger when not using it.
Aperture
16
• Do not hold the camera by grabbing the flash emitter.
• If you want
10
make sure the flash fires wilhout fail, selthe flash mode
10
~
(Fill-flash).
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"User's
GlIidetTrollbleslJOocing" (page 73)
Flash indicators in the viewfinder
~
flashing: The flash is being charged. When the indicator flashes, you cannot release the
shutter.
~
lit: The flash has been charged and is ready to fire.
The flash range
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The flash range depends on the aperture value and ISO sensitivity
setting. The following chart shows the approximate flash range
when the [SO sensitivity is set to [AUTO) in auto adjustment mode
'=====:1=:=1
(AUTO).
[SO sensitivity
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"User's GuidefJroubleshooting" (page 64)
• The buill-in flash is designed to be used with lenses with focal lengths of 16
mm or longer.
Aperture Flash range
F2.8 2 - 12 m (6.6 - 40 feet)
F4 1.4 - 8.6 m (4.6 - 28 feel)
F5.6
I - 6 m (3.3 - 20 feel)