https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Point-Shoot-Digital-Cameras/LAMP-Powershot-SX530HS/m-p/400279#M16670 <P>I think it is the red-eye lamp, but the manual does not say much. It usually turns on just before it takes an image to shrink the subject's pupil:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Untitled.jpg" style="width: 484px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/38512iCE18DBFE0962D27E/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Untitled.jpg" alt="Untitled.jpg" /></span></P> Tue, 03 Jan 2023 01:29:12 GMT kvbarkley 2023-01-03T01:29:12Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Point-Shoot-Digital-Cameras/LAMP-Powershot-SX530HS/m-p/400268#M16668 <P>On the top of the camera, oposite side from the handgrip, on the top facing forward is a pencil-size clear window which the manual says is a <STRONG>"LAMP"</STRONG>.&nbsp; Cannot find any info on it in the users manual.&nbsp; What is it and how and when is it used?</P> Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:22:52 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Point-Shoot-Digital-Cameras/LAMP-Powershot-SX530HS/m-p/400268#M16668 Oldrockhound 2023-01-03T00:22:52Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Point-Shoot-Digital-Cameras/LAMP-Powershot-SX530HS/m-p/400279#M16670 <P>I think it is the red-eye lamp, but the manual does not say much. It usually turns on just before it takes an image to shrink the subject's pupil:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Untitled.jpg" style="width: 484px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/38512iCE18DBFE0962D27E/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Untitled.jpg" alt="Untitled.jpg" /></span></P> Tue, 03 Jan 2023 01:29:12 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Point-Shoot-Digital-Cameras/LAMP-Powershot-SX530HS/m-p/400279#M16670 kvbarkley 2023-01-03T01:29:12Z