Flash Modes That Can Be Set By Shooting Mode - Olympus E-520 Instruction Manual

Shooting Warning display
mode example (blinking)
S
* The aperture value at the moment when its indication blinks varies with the lens type and focal length of
the lens.

Flash modes that can be set by shooting mode

Super control
Shooting
panel screen
mode
display
AUTO
AUTO
P
A
SLOW
i
SLOW
&
SLOW2
l
j
FULL
*2
/
S
H
M
13
126
EN
The subject is underexposured. • Set the shutter speed slower.
The subject is overexposured. • Set the shutter speed faster.
Flash mode
#
Auto flash
Auto flash
!
(red-eye reduction)
#
Fill-in flash
$
Flash off
!
Slow synchronization
(red-eye reduction)
#
Slow synchronization
(1st curtain)
#
Slow synchronization
(2nd curtain)
#
Manual flash
(FULL)
#
Manual flash (1/4)
1/4
#
Manual flash (1/16)
1/16
#
Manual flash (1/64)
1/64
#
Fill-in flash
Fill-in flash
(red-eye reduction)
$
Flash off
Status
• Increase the ISO sensitivity.
• Decrease the ISO sensitivity or use
a commercially available ND filter
(for adjusting the amount of light).
Conditions Conditions to fire
to timing
Fires automatically in
dark/backlit
conditions
1st curtain
Always fires
k
1st curtain
Fires automatically in
dark/backlit
conditions
2nd curtain
1st curtain Always fires
k
Action
Shutter
speed
the flash
restrictions
1/30 sec. -
*1
1/180 sec.
60 sec. -
1/180 sec.
k k
*1
60 sec. -
1/180 sec.
k k