KODAK: ADVANTIX F620 Zoom Camera, User's Guide - Flash and Picture-Taking Options

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KODAK ADVANTIX F620 Zoom Camera
User's Guide
Flash and Picture-Taking Options

Repeatedly press the flash/option button to select the flash mode that best suits your subject and surroundings or a picture-taking mode that lets you tailor the camera’s fully automatic settings.

Flash/camera-ready-lamp indicator

When the flash/camera-ready-lamp indicator "blinks," the camera is not ready to take the picture. You can take the picture when the blinking stops and the lamp glows green. See the recommended Flash-to-subject distance.

Auto flash
In dim light, such as indoors or outdoors in heavy shade, or on dark overcast days, you need flash. Your camera features an automatic flash that fires when you need it.

Auto flash with red-eye reduction
Some people's eyes (and some pets') can reflect flash with a red glow. This camera features an automatic flash with red-eye reduction which is the initial default setting for this camera.

Fill flash
When in bright sun or when bright light comes from behind the subject, dark shadows (especially on faces) may occur. Use fill flash to lighten these shadows and to add sparkle to your subject's eyes.

Flash off
When you do not want to use the flash, especially indoors where flash is prohibited, or to capture the ambiance of existing light, use the flash-off feature. Use a tripod or place the camera on another firm support, and use high-speed film because the shutter speed in these situations is generally slow.

Infinity focus
Capture sharp, distant scenery when you take pictures outdoors during the day.

Nightview
Use this mode to balance the flash and existing light exposures to take beautiful pictures of people at sunset or at night. Use a tripod or place the camera on another firm support, and use high-speed KODAK ADVANTIX Film because the shutter speed at night is generally slow.

Selecting the flash and picture-taking options

Slide the ON/OFF switch to ON to turn on the camera and to uncover the lens.
Repeatedly press the flash/ option button until the mode-selector arrow points to the auto-flash symbol, red-eye-reduction symbol, fill-flash symbol, or flash-off symbol or until the infinity-focus symbol or nightview symbol appears on the LCD panel.
When you select red-eye reduction, the auto-flash is automatically set; flash-off is automatically set when you select infinity focus.
Frame your subject within the viewfinder eyepiece keeping the subject within the distance range for the speed of film in your camera (see Flash-to-subject distance table).
When the flash/camera-ready-lamp indicator glows green, press the shutter button to take the picture.

The flash and picture-taking options remain selected after you take a picture. To deselect an option, press the flash/option button to select a different setting or turn off the camera to return to the auto-flash with or without red-eye-reduction default setting.

Flash-to-subject distance

ISO Film speed	Wide (24 mm)	Telephoto (48 mm)
50	2 to 12 ft (0.6 to 3.7 m)	2 to 6 ft (0.6 to 1.8 m)
100	2 to 17 ft (0.6 to 5.2 m)	2 to 9 ft (0.6 to 2.7 m)
200	2 to 24 ft (0.6 to 7.3 m)	2 to 13 ft (0.6 to 4.0 m)
400	2 to 34 ft (0.6 to 10.4 m)	2 to 18 ft (0.6 to 5.5 m)
800	2 to 48 ft (0.6 to 14.6 m)	2 to 25 ft (0.6 to 7.6 m)
1600	2 to 68 ft (0.6 to 20.7 m)	2 to 36 ft (0.6 to 11 m)

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