Toshiba PDR-M4 - Manuel (Page 52)

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Basic
Photography
Playing Back/
Erasing Images
Other
Applications
Additional
Information
Getting Ready
Auto
In this mode, the flash fires automatically according to the photography conditions. This mode is ideal for general
photography where you are not trying to achieve any particular effect (when using macro photography, the flash does
not fire).
[ ] Red-Eye Reduction
Use this mode to avoid the red-eye effect ( ➲ Additional Information, Glossary) when photographing people in low-light
conditions.
The flash emits a pre-flash just before the picture is taken and then flashes again to take the actual picture.
Red-eye is reduced more effectively if the camera is pointed at the line of sight of the subject at as close a distance as
possible.
[ ] Forced Flash
In this mode, the flash always fires. Use the Forced Flash mode to shoot pictures in artificial light (backlighting,
fluorescent lighting, etc.).
The flash also fires during macro photography.
[ ] Suppressed Flash
Use the Suppressed Flash mode when you are taking pictures in indoor lighting at distances too great for the flash to
have any effect, such as theater performances or indoor sporting events.
[ ] [ ] Slow Synchro
The flash is fired while the shutter speed is changed.
This flash mode is effective when shooting pictures so that not only the subject but also the background are both
clearly reproduced in artificial light (backlighting, fluorescent lighting, etc.) or with people against the night as a
background scene.
Memo
• If you take a photograph in the [ ] [ ] Slow Synchro mode at a place with a dark background or in the [ ]
Suppressed Flash mode at a dark place, the shutter speed slows down, and the handshake warning is
displayed. (When the shutter is pressed half way down, the viewfinder LED blinks green and the handshake
mark [
] is displayed in the LCD monitor.) We recommend using a tripod to prevent handshake.
• The flash setting is not canceled even if the camera is turned OFF.
• Using the flash during burst photography, multi photography and bulb photography is not possible.
Photography Using the Flash (Flash photography) (continued)