Nikon SB-14 Instruction Manual

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'~EDEYEn --------------------------------"Red eye ," an optical phenomenon in which a subject'seyes appear red in photographs taken with a flashunit, is a result of the flash light's directly illuminat-ing the retina . This happens when the subject looksstraight into the camera on which a flash unit ismounted . The effect becomes more pronounced ifthere is little or no ambient light. In this case , the pupilof the eye is wide open, and the illuminated retina isclearly visible .To avoid "red eye " you can take any or all of the follow-ing steps:1. Brighten the room to minimize the opening ofthe subject 's pupils.2. Instruct the subject not to look straight into thecamera .3. Keep the flash unit as far away as possible fromthe camera by means of a sync cord .Note that once "red eye" appears, there is no way ofretouching the negatives.24