Panasonic DMC-FZ7 - Manual (Page 42)

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• The brightness of the pictures displayed
on the LCD monitor is adjusted when
Power LCD mode or High angle mode is
activated. Therefore, some subjects may
look different on the LCD monitor.
However, this does not affect the recorded
pictures.
• The LCD monitor automatically returns to
normal brightness after 30 seconds when
recording in Power LCD mode. Press any
button to make the LCD monitor bright
again.
• You may not notice the High angle mode
effect if the LCD monitor is difficult to see
because of light from the sun etc. shining
on it. In this case, we recommend using
your hand or another object to block the
light when using the camera.
• High angle mode is not activated in the
following cases.
– In simple mode [
]
– In playback mode
– While the menu screen is displayed
– While the review screen is displayed
Taking Pictures using
the Built-in Flash
A To open the flash
Press the [ OPEN] button.
B To close the flash
Press the flash until it clicks.
• Be sure to close the flash when not in use.
• The flash setting is fixed to Forced OFF
[ ] while the flash is closed.
∫ Switching to the appropriate flash
setting
Set the flash to match the recording.
Press 1 [ ] to switch the flash
setting.
• For information about flash settings that
can be selected, refer to “Available flash
settings by recording mode”. (P43)
: AUTO
The flash is automatically activated when
the recording conditions make it necessary.
: AUTO/Red-eye reduction
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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.
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