HP M417/M517 User Manual

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Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips

If the flash setting is anything other than the default Auto

Flash setting, the icon for the setting (in the previous table)

will appear in the Live View screen. The new setting remains

in effect until it is changed again or until the camera is

turned off. The flash setting resets to the default Auto Flash

setting when you turn the camera off.
NOTE: The flash is not available with the Burst setting,

Fast Shot shooting mode, nor while recording video clips.

TIP: To restore the flash setting to what it was when you last

turned the camera off, hold down the

button

as you turn the camera back on.

Red Eye
The red-eye phenomenon is caused by light from the flash

reflecting off the subjects’ eyes, which sometimes makes a

human's eyes appear red or an animal's eyes appear green

or white in the captured image. When you use a flash setting

with red-eye reduction, the camera flashes quickly multiple

times to minimize the subject’s pupils, thus reducing the effect

of the red-eye phenomenon, before the camera uses the main

flash. It will take longer to take a picture using red-eye

reduction, because the shutter is delayed for the additional

flashes. Therefore, make sure your subjects wait for the

additional

flashes.

TIP: You can also remove red eyes in pictures you have

already taken. See Remove Red Eyes on page 68.

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