Olympus C5500 C-5500 Sport Zoom Advanced Manual - Page 66

Noise reduction When shooting in dark places, shutter speeds become slower as there is less light focused on the CCD. During long exposures, signals are generated by parts of the CCD where no light is focused and are recorded on the image as noise. When [NOISE REDUCTION] is set to [ON], the camera automatically reduces the noise to produce clearer images. ON Noise is reduced. Shooting time is twice as long as usual. Noise reduction can only be used when using slow shutter speeds. OFF Noise is not reduced. Noise may be 4 conspicuous with slow shutter speeds. Advanced shooting functions The purpose of these pictures is to illustrate the effects of noise reduction. They are not actual pictures. Mode dial Top menu [MODE MENU] [CAMERA] [NOISE REDUCTION] [ON] / [OFF] g"Menus" (P.16) Note • [NOISE REDUCTION] is always set to [ON] when the f mode is set to [R (NIGHT SCENE)] [ (FIREWORKS)] [ (SUNSET)] [ (CANDLE)] [ (AVAILABLE LIGHT PORTRAIT)]. • If [NOISE REDUCTION] is set as [ON], the range which can be photoed will become narrow a little. • When [NOISE REDUCTION] is set to [ON], sequential shooting ([j], [7]) is not possible. • This function may not work effectively with some shooting conditions or subjects. 66