95Menu Guide / Custom SettingsRepeating flash: The flash fires repeatedly while the shutter is open, pro-ducing a strobe-light effect. Selecting this option displays the menushown at right. Press the multi selector left or right to highlight thefollowing options, up or down to change.Option DescriptionOutput Choose flash output (expressed as a fraction of full power).Times Choose the number of times the flash fires at the selected output.The options available depend on the option selected for Output.Freq. The number of times the flash fires per second.21: AF Area Illumination (All Modes)At the default setting of Auto, the active focus area is highlighted inthe viewfinder as need to establish contrast with the background. IfOff is selected, the focus area is not highlighted. If On is selected, thefocus area will always be highlighted, although it may be difficult to seeagainst the background.22: Built-in Flash (P, S, A, and M Modes Only)Choose a fl ash control mode for the built-in fl ash.TTL (default): Flash output is adjusted automatically in response toshooting conditions.“Times”The number of times the flash can fire in succession is determined by flash output. Note that depend-ing on shutter speed and the option selected for Freq., the actual number of fl ashes emitted may beless than selected.Options available for “Times”Output1/4 21/8 2–51/16 2–101/32 2–10, 151/64 2–10, 15, 20, 251/128 2–10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35Manual: The flash fires at the level selected in the menu shown at right.At full power, the built-in flash has a Guide Number of 13/42 (m/ft., ISO100, 20 ˚C/68 ˚F). No monitor prefl ash is emitted.
