Eli5: Why does a camera have to flash and time it perfectly when it takes a picture? Can’t the light just stay on?

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Eli5: Why does a camera have to flash and time it perfectly when it takes a picture? Can’t the light just stay on?

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On top of everyone elses replies-
The flash is often timed and in a pattern to eliminate eye glare, or ‘redeye’.

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