Olympus C-2/D-230 - Manual (Page 14)

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RECORDING FUNCTIONS
USING THE ARROW PAD
FLASH
The flash is designed to fire automatically when the flash setting is AUTO
(default setting) and you take pictures under low light conditions or against
strong backlight. You can change the flash mode to suite different shooting
situations.
1 Open the lens barrier.
The camera turns on in the Record mode.
2 Press the button.
The monitor shows the current flash mode.
3 To change the setting, press the button until the appropriate flash
mode is displayed.
The mode changes in the following sequence each time the button
is pressed:
[
] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ].
4 Take a picture.
Note • You can set the flash mode by selecting [ ] on the Camera menu.
• The flash working distance is approximately 0.2 m ~ 3.5 m/0.7 ft ~11.5 ft.
• All the flash settings returns to AUTO mode (default setting) when the clear
settings value is [RESET] and the lens barrier is closed. See “Clear settings”
(
p.27).
Caution
• The orange lamp blinks while the flash is charging. You can take a picture at
this time, but the flash will not fire. To use the flash, wait until the orange lamp
goes off before pressing the shutter button.
• When taking pictures at close range using the flash, the appropriate brightness
may not be achieved and there may be pronounced shadows as a result.
• The flash can not be used in the Sequence mode, the Panorama mode and the
Movie mode.
MACRO MODE
The Macro mode is recommended when shooting a subject at distances of
10 cm ~ 50 cm/4 in ~ 1.6 ft.
1 Open the lens barrier.
The camera turns on in the Record mode.
2 Press the button.
The monitor shows the current Macro mode [OFF].
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