Casio QV-R3 1 - Manual (Page 47)

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BASIC IMAGE RECORDING
■ 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 is caused when the light from the flash reflects
off of the retina of the eye. When red-eye reduction is se-
lected 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 ac-
tual 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 or AF assist lamp flash operation. Before
pressing the shutter release button, call out to the sub-
jects so they all look at the camera while one of the
pre-flash operations is performed.
• Red-eye reduction may not work very well if the sub-
jects are located far away from the camera.
Flash Unit Status
You can find out the current flash unit status by pressing the
shutter release button half way and checking the monitor
screen and red operation lamp.
Red operation lamp *
The indicator is also
shown on the monitor
screen when the flash unit
is ready to fire.
* Red operation lamp
It means this:
Flash unit is charging
Flash unit is ready to fire
When the red operation
lamp is this:
Flashing
Lit