Olympus C-4000 C-4000 Zoom Reference Manual (8.2 MB) - Page 78

Chapter 4 Flash shooting (Cont.) Ⅵ SLOW2: 2nd curtain (rear curtain) In contrast to 1st curtain, 2nd curtain fires the flash just before the shutter closes. Changing the flash timing can create interesting effects in your picture, such as expressing the movement of a car by showing the taillights streaming backwards. The slower the shutter speed, the better the effects turn out. Slowest possible shutter speed depends on the shooting mode: M mode : 16 sec. P/A/S mode : 4 sec. (depending on the ISO setting.) When the shutter speed is set to 4 sec. 4 sec. 4 (rear curtain) 2nd curtain flash fires Shutter closes 1st curtain flash fires 0 (front curtain) Shutter fully opens Ⅵ SLOW: 1st curtain with red-eye reduction This is for when you want to use Slow Synchronization yet also reduce red- eye. For instance, when shooting a person against a brightly lit night background. A normal flash might make the person's eyes red, but 1st curtain with red-eye reduction lets you capture the background correctly and reduce red-eye at the same time. 2nd curtain with red-eye reduction is not available. 77