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Chapter 4
Flash shooting (Cont.)
SLOW:
1st curtain with red-eye reduction
This is for when you want to use Slow Synchronization yet also reduce red-
eye. 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
red-eye at the same time.
2nd curtain with red-eye reduction is not available.
When the shutter speed is set to 4 sec.
4
0
4 sec.
Shutter closes
Shutter fully opens
2nd curtain
flash fires
1st curtain
flash fires
(front curtain)
(rear curtain)
SLOW2:
2nd curtain (rear curtain)
In contrast to 1st curtain, 2nd curtain fires the flash 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 taillights
streaming backwards. The slower the shutter speed, the better the effects
turn out.
Slowest possible shutter speed depends on the shooting mode:
M mode
: 16 sec.
P/A/S mode : 4 sec. (depending on the ISO setting.)
