Olympus 5050 C-5050 Zoom Reference Manual (11 MB) - Page 81

Flash shooting TIPS The orange lamp or the (flash standby) indication blinks. → The flash is charging. Wait until the orange lamp goes off. Camera movement warning (Auto-flash, red-eye reduction, fill-in flash) → When the orange lamp or (camera movement warning) lights, the shutter speed locks at its current level. This helps prevent camera shake problems (shutter speeds that are too slow can cause blur). However, if the zoom magnification is increased, the camera will increase the locked shutter speed accordingly. Zoom position Shutter speed W (max.) 1/30 sec. T (max.) 1/100 sec. • AUTO, , , and SLOW are not available in mode. 5 Note • The flash does not fire in the following situations: When shooting a bright subject (AUTO, ), in the movie record mode, during sequential shooting ( , , Flash , BKT), during super-macro shooting, when FUNCTION is set to WHITE BOARD/BLACK BOARD, during Panorama shooting. • The flash may not give you the optimum result in macro mode, especially with wide-angle shooting. Check the resulting picture on the monitor. • If a conversion lens is attached to the camera, do not use the flash. 80