Olympus C-7070 Zoom C-7070 Instruction Manual - Page 50

Basic shooting functions Flash shooting 2 Press the shutter button halfway. • In conditions where the flash will fire, # lights (flash stand-by). 3 Press the shutter button fully to take the picture. # mark 1/1000 F2.8 0.0 HQ 3072 2304 30 3 TIPS When the orange lamp or the # (flash charge) indication blinks → The flash is charging. Wait until # and the orange lamp beside the viewfinder turn off. Shutter speed when using the flash (auto-flash, red-eye reduction, fill-in flash) • When # (camera movement warning) or the orange lamp lights, the flash fires automatically but the shutter speed locks at a level at which camera movement is not likely to occur. However, the shutter speed varies according to the zoom magnification. Zoom position Shutter speed W (max.) 1/30 sec. T (max.) 1/100 sec. Function restrictions according to mode • [AUTO and [HSLOW] are not available in S and M modes. Note • The flash does not fire in the following situations: During sequential shooting ([i], [j], [k], [7]), super macro shooting and panorama shooting. • The flash may not give you the optimum result in macro mode with the zoom set to wide-angle (W). Check the resulting picture on the monitor. • When a conversion lens is attached to the camera, vignetting may occur with the built-in flash. To take flash pictures, use an external flash. 50