![]() If your camera doesn’t have it, move on to the specific camera / phone guidelines section below. When trying to disable your camera’s flash, I would first start by trying to locate this flash icon on the back of your camera. You can see it to the right of the circular wheel in the image below of my Sony compact camera. The flash symbol is universal, so just look for the lightning bolt icon on your back of your camera. Here’s an example of what this flash button looks like on the back of a Sony compact camera. This will look like a little bolt of lightning, and will give you direct access to the camera’s flash control. The majority of compact cameras, mirrorless cameras and DSLR cameras that have a built-in flash unit will also have a dedicated button on the back of the camera. Step 1 – Find the flash button on the back of the camera So whether you have a compact camera, mirrorless camera or DSLR camera, and whoever it is made by (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic, etc), 90% of camera users should be able to turn their flash off with the following steps. This general process should work for disabling the flash on the majority of cameras from most manufacturers. Many cameras have the same process for disabling the flash, so I will go through this general process first before moving onto specific steps for devices like smartphones. How to Turn Off Flash on Android Phones.This guide gives you a general overview of how to turn off your camera flash, as well as specific instructions for devices like smartphones which are a little bit different. That’s why I’ve put together this guide for how to disable your camera flash, so you can learn how to turn it off. You can see more in my guide to why you should turn your camera flash off. In these situations, you are better off disabling the flash and relying on something like a tripod and long exposure photography techniques.Īs you can see, there are a variety of reasons you might want to disable your cameras flash. ![]() The built-in flash on most cameras usually only has a range of a few feet, so using it to try and illuminate a larger scene will often not give you positive results. Sometimes the flash will also do more harm than good. ![]() Many museums for example allow you to take photos, but only with the flash disabled, as the intensity of the light produced can damage artwork. This is all well and good, but sometimes you will want to turn your camera flash off. This means that if the camera detects that the scene is a bit too dark, it will fire the flash to compensate. In most instances, the flash will be set to come on automatically. This is usually used to illuminate dark scenes, such as when you are indoors in a low light situation or outside at night. The majority of cameras on the market today, including most smartphones, have some kind of flash system.
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