Canon A75: How to force a flash and still maintain "auto" ..

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For the Canon A75 or similar experts, I have a question...

Let's say I am outdoors shooting a scene with people within flash
range, and there is enough natural light (backlight) so that the flash
does not go off when it's set to "auto" shooting mode, *however* I
would like the flash to go off regardless so that the faces of the
people are not dark. I believe this is often called "fill flash", but
I'm not sure.

How would I go about forcing the flash to go off but still maintain the
"auto" settings using the Canon A75 since the "auto" shooting mode does
not allow you to force a flash?

TIA!
Bob

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CSM1 <nomoremail@nomail.com> wrote:
:"Bob" <am_dew@REMOVepanixThis.com> wrote in message
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:> For the Canon A75 or similar experts, I have a question...
:>
:> Let's say I am outdoors shooting a scene with people within flash
:> range, and there is enough natural light (backlight) so that the flash
:> does not go off when it's set to "auto" shooting mode, *however* I
:> would like the flash to go off regardless so that the faces of the
:> people are not dark. I believe this is often called "fill flash", but
:> I'm not sure.
:>
:> How would I go about forcing the flash to go off but still maintain the
:> "auto" settings using the Canon A75 since the "auto" shooting mode does
:> not allow you to force a flash?
:>
:> TIA!
:> Bob
:
:Read Page 42 of your camera manual or download the PDF. The title is Using
:the Flash.

Thanks, read it. As I already knew, I have to be in any shooting mode
except AUTO. I guess the best option and still retain some automatic
exposure, etc. would be to use the Landscape shooting mode, which does
not seem right for your basic outdoor shot where you want fill-in
flash. Any other shooting mode suggestions where a minimum amount of
manual setting is required?

Thanks.

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I shoot pretty much all my photos in the P mode. Always does a great job on
my Canon A60

Dan

"Rolf Egil Sølvik" <rolfegil@c2i.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:02:57 +0000 (UTC), (Bob) wrote:
>
> >CSM1 wrote:
> >:"Bob" wrote in message
> >:> For the Canon A75 or similar experts, I have a question...
> >:>
> >:> Let's say I am outdoors shooting a scene with people within flash
> >:> range, and there is enough natural light (backlight) so that the flash
> >:> does not go off when it's set to "auto" shooting mode, *however* I
> >:> would like the flash to go off regardless so that the faces of the
> >:> people are not dark. I believe this is often called "fill flash", but
> >:> I'm not sure.
> >
> >:> How would I go about forcing the flash to go off but still maintain
the
> >:> "auto" settings using the Canon A75 since the "auto" shooting mode
does
> >:> not allow you to force a flash?
> >
> >:Read Page 42 of your camera manual or download the PDF. The title is
Using
> >:the Flash.
> >
> >Thanks, read it. As I already knew, I have to be in any shooting mode
> >except AUTO. I guess the best option and still retain some automatic
> >exposure, etc. would be to use the Landscape shooting mode, which does
> >not seem right for your basic outdoor shot where you want fill-in
> >flash. Any other shooting mode suggestions where a minimum amount of
> >manual setting is required?
>
> P Mode? It's pretty much AUTO with possibility change the ISO setting
> and exposure compensation.