Panasonic DMC-F2 - Manual (Page 45)

Advanced-Shooting
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Item Description of settings
q : AUTO The flash is automatically activated according to the recording condition.
@ : AUTO/Red-eye
reduction  1
The flash is automatically activated according to the recording condition.
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.
t : Forced Flash ON
` : Forced ON/
Red-eye reduction  1
The flash is activated every time regardless of the recording conditions.
• Use this when your subject is back-lit or under fluorescent light.
• The flash setting is set to [`] only when you set [PARTY] or
[CANDLE LIGHT] in Scene Mode.
[ : Slow sync./
Red-eye reduction  1
When you take a picture with a dark background landscape, this
feature makes the shutter speed slow 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.
• The flash setting is set to [[] only when you set [NIGHT
PORTRAIT], [PARTY], or [CANDLE LIGHT] in Scene Mode.
o : Forced Flash 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. Interval until the second flash depends on the brightness of the subject.