Kodak EasyShare DX7590 zoom digital camera — User's guide


Table of Contents > Taking pictures and videos > Using the flip-up flash

2 Taking pictures and videos

Using the flip-up flash

Use the flash when you take pictures at night, indoors, or outdoors in heavy shadows. You can change the flash setting in most Still modes, except Burst; the default setting is restored when you exit the mode or turn off the camera.

Turning on the flash


Changing the flash settings

Flash-to-subject distance
Zoom position Flash distance

Wide angle

2–16.1 ft (0.6–4.9 m) @ ISO 140

Telephoto

6.6–12.1 ft (2.0–3.7 m) @ ISO 140

Flash-icon behavior Cause Action

Blinking

Flash is charging.

Wait. Take picture when the icon stops blinking.

Flash button is pressed, flash unit is closed.

Open flash unit or take the picture without flash.

Flash modes

Flash fires

Auto Flash

When the lighting conditions require it.

Fill

Every time you take a picture, regardless of the lighting conditions. Use when the subject is in shadow or is "backlit" (when the sun is behind the subject). In low light, hold the camera steady or use a tripod. See Tips for better pictures on Tips for better pictures.

Red-eye

Once, so the subject's eyes become accustomed to the flash, then fires again when the picture is taken. (If the lighting conditions require flash but do not require Red-eye reduction, the flash may fire only once.)

Off

Never

NOTE: Rear-curtain-flash sync activates automatically when the flash is fired and the shutter speed is set at 1/30 second or longer. The flash fires just before the shutter closes to create a stream-of-light effect behind a moving object for a more natural appearance. This feature prevails only in S, M, and C and in Night portrait mode.

Flash settings in each mode

Flash settings are pre-set for each picture-taking mode.

Capture modes Default setting Available settings

Auto

Auto*

Auto, Off, Fill Flash, Red-eye

Portrait

Auto*

Auto, Off, Fill Flash, Red-eye

Sports

Auto*

Auto, Off, Fill Flash, Red-eye

P, A, S, M, or C

Auto*

Auto, Off, Fill Flash, Red-eye

Scene modes

Close-up

Off

Auto, Off, Fill Flash

Landscape

Off

Off

Night Portrait

Red-eye*

Auto, Off, Fill Flash, Red-eye

Night Landscape

Off

Off

Snow

Auto*

Auto, Off, Fill Flash, Red-eye

Beach

Auto*

Auto, Off, Fill Flash, Red-eye

Text

Off

Auto, Off

Fireworks

Off

Off

Flower

Off

Auto, Off, Fill Flash

Manner/Museum

Off

Off

Self-Portrait

Red-eye*

Auto, Off, Fill Flash, Red-eye

Party

Red-eye*

Auto, Off, Fill Flash, Red-eye

Children

Auto*

Auto, Off, Fill Flash, Red-eye

Backlight

Fill

Fill

Video

Off

Off

First burst

Off

Off

Last burst

Off

Off

Exposure bracketing

Off

Off

* When you change to Auto or Red-eye in these modes, it becomes the default until you change it.



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