Olympus D-550 D-550 Zoom Reference Manual (4.8MB) - Page 48

Night scene mode, The camera turns on in the shooting

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Shooting basics Night scene mode Setting the mode to NIGHT SCENE allows you to take landscape shots at night under optimum conditions. In this mode, the shutter speed is not fixed to 1/30 second even when the flash is activated. Depending upon the subject or shooting conditions, shutter speed may extend up to 2 seconds. The noise reduction function activates automatically reducing 'noise' when the shutter speed is over 1 second. This function reduces electrostatic 'noise' that occurs with long exposure shots. 2 Normal mode Night scene mode The pictures above illustrate the difference between the two modes and do not represent actual shots. 1 Open the lens barrier fully. The camera turns on in the shooting mode. 2 Press . The monitor turns on and the screen for selecting the shooting mode is displayed. 47

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Shooting basics
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Night scene mode
Setting the mode to NIGHT SCENE allows you to take landscape shots at
night under optimum conditions. In this mode, the shutter speed is not fixed
to 1/30 second even when the flash is activated. Depending upon the subject
or shooting conditions, shutter speed may extend up to 2 seconds. The noise
reduction function activates automatically reducing ‘noise’ when the shutter
speed is over 1 second. This function reduces electrostatic ‘noise’ that occurs
with long exposure shots.
The pictures above illustrate the difference between the two modes and do
not represent actual shots.
1
Open the lens barrier fully.
The camera turns on in the shooting
mode.
2
Press
.
The monitor turns on and the screen for
selecting the shooting mode is displayed.
Normal mode
Night scene mode