Olympus E-PL1 - Manual (Page 39)

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Other shooting options and advanced settings
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Choosing aperture and shutter speed (M manual mode)
In mode M, you choose both the aperture and the shutter speed. At a speed of
BULB, the shutter remains open while the shutter button is pressed.
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Rotate the mode dial to M.
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After pressing the F button ( F), use
HI to choose the aperture and FG
to choose the shutter speed.
The range of aperture values available varies with the lens type.
The shutter speed can be set to 1/2000 – 60 sec. or [BULB].
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Take pictures.
Noise in images
While shooting at slow shutter speeds, noise may appear on-screen. These
phenomena are caused when current is generated in those sections of the
image pickup device that are not normally exposed to light, resulting in a rise
in temperature in the image pickup device or image pickup device drive circuit.
This can also occur when shooting with a high ISO setting in a high-temperature
environment. To reduce this noise, the camera activates the noise reduction
function.
g “NOISE REDUCT.” (P. 76)
# Caution
Exposure compensation is not available in M mode.
Choosing when the exposure ends (bulb)
You can take a picture with a bulb exposure time in which the shutter stays open
as long as you hold down the shutter button. Time the end of the exposure to suit
the subject. Use for landscapes and fi reworks. In M mode, set the shutter speed
to [BULB].
[BULB] is displayed on the LCD monitor.
% Tips
To automatically end bulb shooting after a specifi ed period of time: g “BULB
TIMER” (P. 75)
To fi x the focus during manual focus shooting:
g “BULB FOCUSING” (P. 72)
# Caution
For bulb photography, we recommend that you mount the camera on a tripod or rest
it on a level, stable surface.
The following functions are not available during bulb shooting:
Sequential shooing/self-timer shooting/AE bracket shooting/image stabilizer/
fl ash bracketing
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