Olympus C5500 C-5500 Sport Zoom Advanced Manual - Page 42

Function restrictions according to mode, flash charge indication blinks.

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Basic shooting functions Flash shooting TIPS 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) 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. 3 Zoom position Shutter speed W (max.) 1/30 sec. T (max.) 1/160 sec. Function restrictions according to mode • Fill-in flash and slow synchronization is not available in h mode. • [AUTO and [HSLOW] are not available in S and M modes. • The factory default setting for S and M modes is [#SLOW1]. For all other modes the default setting is [AUTO]. Note • The flash does not fire in the following situations: During [ (SUNSET)], [ (CANDLE)], [ (AVAILABLE LIGHT PORTRAIT)] in scene mode, and during sequential shooting ([j], [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. 42

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Flash shooting
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Basic shooting functions
TIPS
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) 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.
Function restrictions according to mode
Fill-in flash and slow synchronization is not available in
h
mode.
[AUTO], [
!
], [
#
], and [
H
SLOW
] are not available in
S
and
M
modes.
The factory default setting for
S
and
M
modes is [
#
SLOW1
]. For all other
modes the default setting is [AUTO].
Note
The flash does not fire in the following situations:
During [
(SUNSET)], [
(CANDLE)], [
(AVAILABLE LIGHT
PORTRAIT)] in scene mode, and during sequential shooting ([
j
], [
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.
Zoom position
Shutter speed
W (max.)
1/30 sec.
T (max.)
1/160 sec.