Olympus E-300 EVOLT E-300 Advanced Manual (English) - Page 55

Flash shooting 1st curtain Usually, regardless of the shutter speed, the flash fires right after the shutter fully opens. This is called 1st curtain. Unless you change it, this is how the flash always fires. 4 Various shooting functions Slow synchronization (2nd curtain) SLOW2 2nd curtain flash fires 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 tail-lights streaming backwards. The slower the shutter speed, the better the effects turn out. The slowest possible shutter speed depends on the shooting mode. P mode : 2 sec. A/S/M mode (Bulb is also available) : 30 sec. When the shutter speed is set to 2 sec. 2 sec. 2nd curtain 2 sec. 2nd curtain flash fires Shutter closes 0 1st curtain 1st curtain flash fires Shutter fully opens Slow synchronization + Red-eye reduction flash SLOW This mode is for when you want to use slow synchronization, yet also reduce the red-eye phenomenon. For instance, when shooting a person against a brightly lit night background. A normal flash might make the person's eyes red, but this mode lets you capture the background correctly and reduce the red-eye phenomenon at the same time. 2nd curtain flash with red-eye reduction is not available. 55