Olympus E-500 User Manual

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Flash shooting

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1st curtain

Usually, the flash fires right after the shutter fully opens. This is called 1st curtain.
Unless you change it, this is how the flash always fires.

Slow synchronization #SLOW2

2nd curtain flash fires 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.

When the shutter speed is set to 2 sec.

Fill-in flash #

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The flash fires regardless of the light
conditions. This mode is useful for
eliminating shadows on the subject’s
face (such as shadows from tree
leaves), in a backlight situation, or for
correcting the color shift produced by
artificial lighting (especially fluorescent light).

Notes

• When the flash fires, the shutter speed is set to 1/180 sec. or less. When shooting a

subject against a bright background with the fill-in flash, the background may be
overexposed. In this case, use the optional FL-50/FL-36 external flash and shoot in
the Super FP flash mode.

2nd curtain

Shutter closes

1st curtain flash fires

Shutter fully opens

2nd curtain flash fires

1st curtain

2 sec