Canon EOS 5000 - Manual (Page 23)

II. BASIC OPERATIONS
Automatic Flash Firing
!f the AE indicator in the viewfinder blinks under dark or back-lit
conditions, please use the flash (see page 33). The flash will fire
automatically.
Automatic flash firing will function when an image zone setting is set.
Red“eye Reduction
In photographs of people taken with flash, the subject’s eyes may appear
red. This is due to light from the flash reflected from the person's eyes.
This phenomena is called “red-eye.” For flash shots when red-eye is
likely to occur, the red-eye reduction lamp lights automatically and
momentarily causes the person's pupils to contract, thereby reducing the
chance of red-eye. The red-eye reduction function operates automatically
for shots taken in the fully automatic (D) and portrait modes (^).
When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the indicators in the
viewfinder will blink for 2 seconds to indicate that the red-eye reduction
lamp turned on.
When the shutter button is pressed halfway until the indicators in the
viewfinder stops blinking and reverts to normal, press the shutter button to
take the photograph.
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• The effectiveness of red-eye reduction may vary depending on the person.
• Red-eye reduction will not work unless the person(s) to be photographed looks at the red­
eye reduction lamp.
Tell the person(s) to look at the red-eye reduction lamp before taking the picture.
To reduce red-eye, the following measures will also help:
• Take the photo under well-lit conditions.
• Move closer to the person(s) to be photographed.
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