Slow synchronization (2nd curtain) #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. In S/M/BULB mode, the flash always fires.

When the shutter speed is set to 2 sec.

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shooting Flash

 

2 seconds

 

 

2nd curtain

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1st curtain

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1st curtain flash fires

 

 

 

2nd curtain flash fires

 

 

Shutter closes

Shutter fully opens

Slow synchronization (1st curtain)/Red-eye reduction flash !SLOW

While using slow synchronization with flash shooting, you can also use this function to achieve red-eye reduction. When shooting a subject against a night scene, this function allows you to reduce the red-eye phenomenon. As the time from emitting pre-flashes to shooting is long in 2nd curtain synchronization, it is difficult to achieve red-eye reduction. Hence, only 1st curtain synchronization setting is available.

Fill-in flash #

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).

xNotes

•When the flash fires, the shutter speed is set to 1/250 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-50R external flash or a similar flash and shoot in the Super FP flash mode. g“Super FP flash” (P. 79)

Flash off $The flash does not fire.

Even in this mode, the flash can be used as an AF illuminator when it is raised. g“AF ILLUMINAT. (AF Illuminator)” (P. 103)

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