Olympus E10 E-10 Instructions (English) - Page 62

Shooting Night Scenes When shooting night scenes or other dark subjects, mount the camera on a tripod and select a slow shutter speed (1/2 sec. or more). Night scene shot with automatic exposure If you select any mode where the exposure is set automatically (P or A) and raise the built-in flash, the shutter speed cannot be set slower than 1/30 and you cannot achieve the correct exposure of a night scene. If you want to shoot a night scene, take the picture with the flash closed. With the flash closed, the shutter speed is set for up to 2 seconds. For an extremely dark scene, use the manual mode (M) so you can select a shutter speed of up to 8 seconds, or you can select the bulb mode so you can keep the shutter open up to approximately 30 seconds, as long as you keep the shutter button depressed. Note • We recommend using a tripod to avoid camera shake. Night scene shot with slow shutter speed Selecting Aperture and Shutter Speed Manually (© 76) For the metering method, select digital ESP or Center weighted averaging metering, as Spot metering will measure only the light in a very small area in the center of the picture. Selecting the Metering Method (© 78) You can select a higher ISO setting to brighten your pictures, but this can also cause your pictures to appear grainy. We recommend that you test a variety of settings to achieve the effect that you want. Changing the ISO setting (© 83) If you have difficulty in focusing the subject, use manual focusing. Using Manual Focus (MF) (© 68) Color not what you expect? Set white balance (color temperature) for 5500K. Using Preset White Balance (© 102) 60