Olympus CAMEDIA C-8080 Wide Zoom Reference Manual page 63

Flash shooting
2nd curtain (rear curtain) #SLOW2
The 2nd curtain 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:
A, S, M mode : 15 sec. (Bulb shot is available in M mode.)
P, m, l, j, i mode : 4 sec.
When the shutter speed is set to 4 sec.
4 sec.
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front curtain
rear curtain
4 sec. 0
2nd curtain flash fires 1st curtain flash fires
Shutter closes Shutter fully opens
1st curtain with red-eye reduction H SLOW1
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.
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