Sony DSLR-A700 Manual

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The default settings are marked with 

.

Reduces the red-eye phenomenon by providing low-flash light a few times before shooting 
when using the flash.

• Red-eye reduction is available only with the built-in flash. (When using an external flash (not supplied), 

the red-eye phenomenon rarely occurs.)

In the default setting, if exposure compensation is selected when the flash is used, shutter 
speed, aperture, ISO sensitivity (only in AUTO mode), and amount of flash light all change in 
order to perform exposure compensation (page 45). By fixing the amount of flash light, you 
can limit the effect of exposure compensation to the background that is illuminated only by 
ambient light (light other than the flash).

• With the flash compensation, you can limit the compensation to flash light range by fixing the exposure of 

ambient light range that the flash light does not reach (page 75). 
Values that change: amount of flash light
Values that do not change: shutter speed, aperture, ISO

On

Reduces the red-eye phenomenon.

Off

Does not use red-eye reduction.

Ambient&flash

Exposure compensation is performed on both the ambient 
light range (the background that the flash light does not 
reach) and the flash light range.

• Values that change: shutter speed, aperture, ISO (only in AUTO 

mode), amount of flash light

• Values that do not change: none

Ambient only

The exposure compensation is limited to the ambient light 
range (the background), while the exposure of the flash light 
range is fixed.

• Values that change: shutter speed, aperture, ISO (only in AUTO 

mode)

• Values that do not change: amount of flash light