What causes red eyes in photos?

[Misawa]

Were you smoking dope?

[brandon]

You can get cameras that reduce it.

[le harry]

Were you smoking dope?

Negative.

[Minstrels]

Do you have AIDS?

[Heart Break Kid]

well put it this way
if no red eyes occurs on either one/bot of ur eyes
go to a doctor immediately
coz it means you have something seriously wrong with your eyes
i remember hearing this before
and i think the diognosis was either cancer in the eyes or a sign of going blind
i forget which

[Phreedom]

There are four ways of reducing it. As ambient light increases the iris constricts making the pupil smaller to protect the eye from excessive light entry. So if you take a picture somewhere that is brighter eg turn the light on in a room, the pupil constricts so less redeye. Also if your camera (digital or film) has a redeye reduction flash, this is a pre-flash which aims to get your eye to close down the pupil thus achieving the same thing. Thirdly, if the subject looks slightly away from the camera the reflection off the retina becomes less directed at the camera. Fourthly, get a camera with a separate flash unit or at least a camera which has its built-in flash positioned as far from the lens as possible. This will once again result in the reflection off the retina being less directed at the camera and reduce redeye.

I love google

Can you do something? Just, just break your hands and destroy your vocal chords so we don't have to listen to that..

haha just kidding.

[Blinger1]

Wrong section.
It should go under 'discuss anything' seeing as it isn't a health problem...