Exposure Warning Display - Olympus E-420 Instruction Manual

Exposure warning display

If the optimum exposure cannot be obtained when pressing the shutter button halfway, the
display will blink in the viewfinder and on the super control panel.
Shooting Warning display
mode example (blinking)
P
A
S
* The aperture value at the moment when its indication blinks varies with the lens type and focal length of the
lens.
Status
The subject is too dark.
The subject is too bright.
The subject is
underexposed.
The subject is
overexposed.
The subject is
underexposured.
The subject is
overexposured.
Action
• Increase the ISO sensitivity.
• Use the flash.
• Decrease the ISO sensitivity.
• Use a commercially available ND
filter (for adjusting the amount of
light).
• Decrease the aperture value.
• Increase the ISO sensitivity.
• Increase the aperture value.
• Decrease the ISO sensitivity or use
a commercially available ND filter
(for adjusting the amount of light).
• Set the shutter speed slower.
• Increase the ISO sensitivity.
• Set the shutter speed faster.
• Decrease the ISO sensitivity or use
a commercially available ND filter
(for adjusting the amount of light).
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