Red-eye reduction – Canon EOS D30 User Manual

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Red-eye Reduction

When you use flash in low-light conditions, it can reflect off your subject’s pupils and make their
eyes look red in the photograph. This effect is called “red-eye,” and is caused by the light of the
flash reflecting off the retina of the eye. The Red-eye reduction function uses the camera’s red-
eye reduction lamp, which gently shines into the subject’s eyes to constrict the pupils and
thereby reduces the likelihood that red-eye will occur. You can use red-eye reduction in any
picture-taking mode except

and

modes.

1

From the menu, select [Red-eye
on/off].

Press the

MENU

button.

Turn the

dial to select [Red-eye

on/off], then press the

button.

2

Set the Red-eye reduction function.

Turn the

dial to select [On], then

press the

button.

The red-eye reduction function is turned

On, and the display returns to the Menu.

Press the

MENU

button to clear the

screen and exit the menu.

When you press the shutter button down halfway, the red-
eye reduction lamp indicator appears in the viewfinder.

Red-eye reduction is effective only when the subject is
looking at the red-eye reduction lamp. Be sure to tell your
subjects to look at the lamp.

To increase the effectiveness of red-eye reduction, press
the shutter button down fully approximately 1.5 seconds
after the red-eye reduction lamp indicator goes off.

You can take a picture anytime by pressing the shutter
button down fully, even if the red-eye reduction lamp is on.

Red-eye reduction also operates when you use an EOS-
dedicated Speedlite.

The effectiveness of red-eye reduction varies from subject
to subject.

Red-eye reduction is more effective in bright interior locations, with the camera
close to the subject.

Red-eye reduction

lamp indicator

Using the Built-in Flash

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