Flash can be turned off so that it never fires automagically. Use the
Fn menu. When set to off, it will only fire if you have gone to the
trouble to enable it by popping it up manually. Set to off (really
meaning set to manual) it will not hinder camera operation; ie, it won't
prevent you from taking a picture. I believe most of us use this off
setting instead of the default auto setting.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Yikes! Belinkoff is asking a question about flash?!? What's the world
coming to?
Well, actually I'm asking a question about not using flash. Can flash use
be turned off absolutely with the istDS? My concern is that there may be
some circumstances where the camera will decide flash is appropriate and
that the flash will go off automatically, or, barring that, the camera
won't fire at all. IOW, if I'm using the camera in one mode or another,
and decide to not use flash, will the camera will allow me to underexpose
to whatever degree i want without annoying me with the flash popping up or
sending me a distracting message or, worst of all, refusing to fire because
the chosen exposure is outside some parameter or other.
The main reason I ask is that I saw someone using another brand of DSLR and
the camera refused to fire at all because of some parameter being wrong
(and I think it was because the camera decided the exposure needed flash).
I want to always be able to make an exposure regardless of how wrong it may
be, and to make that exposure without any interference from the camera.
Shel
