Olympus 5050 C-5050 Zoom Reference Manual (11 MB) - Page 84

Flash shooting 2nd curtain (rear curtain) SLOW 2 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 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: M mode : 16 sec. P/A/S mode : 1 sec. When the shutter speed is set to 4 sec. rear curtain 4 sec. 4 sec. 0 front curtain 2nd curtain flash fires Shutter closes 1st curtain flash fires Shutter fully opens 5 Flash 1st curtain with red-eye reduction 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 1st curtain with red-eye reduction lets you capture the background correctly and reduce the red-eye phenomenon at the same time. 2nd curtain with red-eye reduction is not available. 83