Olympus VT1621-01 User Manual download pdf (Page 89)

Fill-in Flash

Use fill-in flash when you want the flash always to fire, regardless of the light conditions. For

example, if the subject’s face appears dark in front of strong backlighting, if a tree or other large

object is casting a shadow on the subject’s face, or when shooting under fluorescent or other

artificial lighting to achieve the best color reproduction, you should use the fill-in flash mode.

However, the flash could lose its effect when shooting a subject in extremely bright light. Use

exposure compensation or use spot metering to meter the light only on the part of the subject that

you want to shoot. (➞ 78)

Red-eye Reduction

To prevent the occurrence of the red-eye phenomenon in the eyes of photographed subjects, the

camera fires 10 short burst flashes to contract the pupils of the eyes before the main flash fires.

When you use this flash mode, there is a 1 second delay before the flash fires after full-pressing the

shutter button, so make sure that the camera is steady. Red-eye reduction may not always be

completely effective for the following reasons:

- The subject was not looking directly at the camera when the flash

fired.

- The subject was not looking at the camera when the preliminary

flashes fired.

- The subject was too far from the camera.

- Differences among subjects in their physical reactions to the

preliminary flashes.

Example of the red-eye

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