Panasonic DMC-FX30 - Manual (Page 33)

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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: AUTO
The flash is automatically activated when
the recording conditions make it necessary.
: AUTO/Red-eye reduction
¢1
The flash is automatically activated when
the recording conditions make it necessary.
It is activated once before the actual
recording to reduce the red-eye
phenomenon (eyes of the subject
appearing red in the picture) and then
activated again for the actual recording.
• Use this when you take pictures of
people in low lighting conditions.
: Forced ON
The flash is activated every time regardless
of the recording conditions.
• Use this when your subject is back-lit
or under fluorescent light.
: Forced ON/Red-eye reduction
¢1
• The flash setting is set to Forced ON/
Red-eye reduction only when you set
[PARTY] (P44) or [CANDLE LIGHT]
(P44) in scene mode.
: Slow sync./Red-eye reduction
¢1
If you take a picture with a dark background
landscape, this feature will slow the shutter
speed when the flash is activated so that
the dark background landscape will
become bright. Simultaneously it reduces
the red-eye phenomenon.
• Use this when you take pictures of
people in front of a dark background.
: Forced OFF
The flash is not activated in any recording
conditions.
• Use this when you take pictures in
places where the use of the flash is not
permitted.
¢1 The flash is activated twice. The
subject should not move until the
second flash is activated.
∫ Available flash settings by recording
mode
The available flash settings depend on the
recording mode.
(
±: Available, —: Not available,
¥: Initial setting)
¢2 It becomes Forced ON [ ], when the
backlight compensation function is
activated.
• The flash setting may change if the
recording mode is changed. Set the flash
setting again if necessary.
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