Olympus E-3 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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*1 Can be changed using menu: 1/60 - 1/250
g
#X-SYNC.” (P. 96)
*2 Can be changed using menu: 1/30 - 1/250
g
#SLOW LIMIT” (P. 96)
If the optimum exposure cannot be obtained when pressing the shutter button halfway, the
display will blink in the viewfinder and on the control panel.
* The aperture value at the moment when its indication blinks varies with the lens type and
focal length of the lens.
Flash synchronization and shutter speed
Shooting
mode
Shutter speed Flash timing
Upper limit of
synchronization
timing
*1
Fixed timing
when flash
fires
*2
P 60 - 1/8000 sec.
1/ (lens focal length × 2) or
synchronization timing, whichever
is slower
1/250 1/60
A 60 - 1/8000 sec.
1/ (lens focal length × 2) or
synchronization timing, whichever
is slower
1/250 1/60
S 60 - 1/8000 sec. The set shutter speed 1/250 k
M 60 - 1/8000 sec. The set shutter speed 1/250 k
Exposure warning display
Shooting
mode
Warning display
example (blinking)
Status Action
P
The subject is too dark. Increase the ISO sensitivity.
Use the flash.
The subject is too bright. Decrease the ISO sensitivity.
Use a commercially available ND
filter (for adjusting the amount of
light).
A
The subject is underexposed. Decrease the aperture value.
Increase the ISO sensitivity.
The subject is overexposed. Increase the aperture value.
Decrease the ISO sensitivity or use
a commercially available ND filter
(for adjusting the amount of light).
S
The subject is underexposured.
Set the shutter speed slower.
Increase the ISO sensitivity.
The subject is overexposured. 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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