Canon A100 - Manual (Page 63)

steady orange when recharging is completed.
Recharging time may vary according to
shooting conditions and battery charge lev­
els.
O The flash fires twice. A preparatory pre-flash
Is followed by the main flash. The exposure
readings obtained from the subject with the
pre-flash are used to set the optimal flash
intensity for the main flash, which is used to
shoot the image.
O Red-Eye Reduction
Light reflecting back from the eyes may
appear red when the flash is used in dark
places. Use the auto red-eye reduction* for
these situations.
For this mode to be effective, the subject
must be looking right at the red-eye
reduction lamp. Try asking them to look at
the red-eye lamp. Even better results can
be obtained by increasing the lighting in in­
door settings or coming closer to the
subject.
'The shutter will not activate for approxi­
mately 1 second after the red-eye reduction
lamp fires, even when the shutter button is
pressed all the way down in order to improve
the effect. If you want to have more immedi­
ate shutter response, set the flash setting to
either ® o or