Setting the Flash (Flash On)

When setting [Flash] to [Auto], [Flash] is not activated if the surroundings are light. However, when shooting with the subject backlit, [Flash] is sometimes used not to make the subject dark. This section describes the setting to shoot the shots with constant flash.

Caution

Screens or menu listings may differ depending on the camera model being used.

As the actual locations of buttons / switches on cameras vary depending on the camera model, the illustrations that appear on this page may differ from your camera.

The following explanations are provided based on the assumption that the [Shooting Mode] is set to [Program AE] ().

In the following shooting modes, you cannot set the [Flash] to the On setting to make it fire every time you shoot.

- [AUTO] (), [Easy] (), [Fireworks] (), [ISO 3200] (), [Digital Macro] (), [Zoom Blur] (), [Movie] ()

1. Press the ⋖Power⋗ button on the camera.

2. Press the ⋖Flash⋗ () button or the right ⋖directional button⋗ ([Flash]).

3. The following screen will appear in the LCD screen.

Operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ to select the [Flash On] ().

Make sure to select [On].

4. If the following icon is displayed on the monitor*, this completes the setting process.

* The icon display location differs depending on the model being used.