Casio EX-S100 - Manual (Page 59)

BASIC IMAGE RECORDING
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About Red-eye Reduction
Using the flash to record at night or in a dimly lit room can
cause red spots inside the eyes of people who are in the
image. This happens because the light from the flash
reflects off of the retina of the eye. When red-eye reduction
is selected as the flash mode, the camera performs two
pre-flash operations, one designed to cause the irises in
the eyes of any people in the image to close, and one for
the Auto Focus operation. This is followed by another flash
operation for actual recording of the image.
IMPORTANT!
Note the following important points when using red-
eye reduction.
• Red-eye reduction does not work unless the people
in the image are looking directly at the camera during
the pre-flash. Before pressing the shutter button, call
out to the subjects so they all look at the camera
while the pre-flash operation is performed.
• Red-eye reduction may not work very well if the
subjects are located far away from the camera.
Flash Unit Status
You can find out the current flash unit status by pressing
the shutter button half way and checking the monitor
screen and operation lamp.
Operation lamp *
The indicator is also
shown on the monitor
screen when the flash unit
is ready to fire.
* Operation lamp
It means this:
Flash unit is charging
Flash unit is ready to fire
When the operation
lamp is doing this:
Flashing amber
Lit red