Flash Photography
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Red-eye Reduction
When you use flash in low-light conditions, it can reflect off your subject’s pupils and make their
eyes look red in the photograph. This effect is called “red-eye,” and is caused by the light of the
flash reflecting off the retina of the eye. The Red-eye reduction function uses the camera’s red-
eye reduction lamp, which gently shines into the subject’s eyes to constrict the pupils and
thereby reduces the likelihood that red-eye will occur. You can use red-eye reduction in any
picture-taking mode except 〈〉and 〈〉modes.
1
From the menu, select [Red-eye
on/off].
● Press the 〈MENU〉 button.
● Turn the 〈〉dial to select [Red-eye
on/off], then press the 〈〉button.
2
Set the Red-eye reduction function.
● Turn the 〈〉dial to select [On], then
press the 〈〉button.
The red-eye reduction function is turned
On, and the display returns to the Menu.
● Press the 〈MENU〉 button to clear the
screen and exit the menu.
● When you press the shutter button down halfway, the red-
eye reduction lamp indicator appears in the viewfinder.
● Red-eye reduction is effective only when the subject is
looking at the red-eye reduction lamp. Be sure to tell your
subjects to look at the lamp.
● To increase the effectiveness of red-eye reduction, press
the shutter button down fully approximately 1.5 seconds
after the red-eye reduction lamp indicator goes off.
●
You can take a picture anytime by pressing the shutter
button down fully, even if the red-eye reduction lamp is on.
● Red-eye reduction also operates when you use an EOS-
dedicated Speedlite.
● The effectiveness of red-eye reduction varies from subject
to subject.
Red-eye reduction is more effective in bright interior locations, with the camera
close to the subject.
Red-eye reduction
lamp indicator
Using the Built-in Flash
