56Using the red-eye fix functionWhen you take a portrait using the flash, the brightburst of light can cause the red-eye effect. To preventthe red eye effect, set the flash option to Auto+Red orFill-in Red.1st Curtain, 2nd CurtainThe following images were obtained by taking thepictures of straight-moving subject along with therespective options of 1st Curtain and 2nd Curtain. Incase of using the 1st Curtain flash function, the frontpart of action is remained clearly since the flash willburst light immediately upon shutter opening. Since theflash bursts the light at a later time when having usedthe 2nd Curtain option, the picture expresses the lastimage of the subject clearly.Ball moving direction Ball moving directionS Use of early 1stCurtain optionS Use of 2nd CurtainoptionTaking a picture in a dark place• When you set the red-eye fix function, thecamera prevents red-eye by emitting apreliminary flash prior to the brighter flash itemits when capturing the image.• When the subject is moving or is far away fromthe camera at the time of the preliminary flash,the function may not function well.
