Sony DSLR-A700 Manual

When you shoot a portrait outdoors at night with a dark background, a normal use of flash will 
capture a clear image of the subject, but the background is out of flash range and will be too 
dark. In such a case, slow sync shooting (shooting with the flash and a slow shutter speed) 
allows you to capture a clear image of both the subject and the background.

1

Pull up the built-in flash.

2

Shoot with the SLOW SYNC button pressed.

 in the viewfinder and on the LCD monitor lights up to indicate the exposure is locked.

• Use of a tripod is recommended because of the slower shutter speed.
• In shutter speed priority mode or manual mode, slow sync shooting is not available using the AEL (AE 

lock) button.

• You can set the camera to keep the slow sync mode after the SLOW SYNC button is released with [AEL 

button] in the 

 Custom menu (page 107).

You can use a flash equipped with a flash sync cord.

Open the cover of the flash sync terminal and plug the cord in.

• Select the manual exposure mode and set the shutter speed to 1/200 second with the Super SteadyShot on 

or 1/250 second with the Super SteadyShot off. If the shutter speed recommended on the flash is slower 
than that, use the recommended speed or an even slower speed.

• Use a flash with a flash sync voltage of 400V or less.

Flash

SLOW SYNC button

 Flash sync terminal