Panasonic DMC-F2 User Manual
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Advanced-Shooting
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Description of settings
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: AUTO
The flash is automatically activated according to the recording condition.
@
: AUTO/Red-eye
reduction
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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
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: 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.
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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.