Built-in flash not only provides an opportunity to shoot in low light conditions.
It also allows you to receive a quality image when photographing in bright sunlight, flashing “blind” shadows and light lining.
Very often, when shooting with flash, there is an undesirable effect of light reflection from the retina in animals or humans, so-called red-eye. ”
All have seen in the dark cats glow green eyes.
Just a man, if his photograph with a flash, his eyes sometimes glow red.
Avoid this one hundred percent you can not but reduce the probability of this effect.
Therefore, many models have to supply the system, the suppression of “red eye”, which reduces the effect is minimal.
The presence of cameras in the system of repression “red eye” you can see by the inscription “Red-eye reduction” or special characters – the human eye. ”
The decrease of this effect is achieved by firing the bright lights or pre-flash, reacting to that, his eyes narrowing at the time the main flash.
Many cameras Olympus system to reduce red-eye “with the help of stroboscopic flash.
This includes the camera before shooting at 1-1,5 seconds a faint glimmer of the outbreak and only then fires the main powerful impetus.
Such a system of oppression “red eye” is considered the most effective.
The use of flash allows to solve many problems when photographing.
First of all, flash is needed for lack of light, such as indoors or at night.
Using a flash can improve the contrast in cloudy weather.
Or you could reduce the contrast, for example, when photographing people in bright sunlight.
The flash illuminates the dark shadows under the eyes and nose, the picture becomes smoother and more natural.
Many cameras have selectable flash modes.
In fully automatic mode, built the system will detect all the settings and turn on the flash when necessary.
But imagine a situation where you need to take a picture with candles.
Auto flash in the dark room work and make a bright light shot.
Intimacy, candles, even completely disappear.
This is where you come in handy to manually intervene in automation.
Forced Turn off the flash, you could make a picture by candlelight.
Just do not forget that the pictures in low light needs to be done by setting the camera on a tripod or other similar device, including self-timer or by using the remote control.
Self-timer or the timer – a device that allows you to take pictures with a delay, usually within 12 seconds.
This gives the opportunity to take pictures of himself with his family, with friends or has pleasant background is required when shooting in low light when you can not keep the camera in his hands due to the fact that even a minimal hand tremor in this case smazhet picture.
Most cameras are equipped with such a function.
In some cells it is possible to control the shooting with the remote control.
Most cameras read the DX-code printed on the cassette with the film and, thus, themselves to determine the sensitivity of film and make it an amendment.
On the tape of all modern 35mm films applied to the special coding – metal strips – DX-code with which the camera determines the sensitivity of the film, frame, and the latitude of the film.
The camera, equipped with an automatic, she will put the amendments necessary for each film.
Some cameras have an LCD display (LCD panel).
The liquid crystal display located above the camera displays information about the number of shots remaining, the condition and operation of an outbreak or automation and many other information.
This indicator makes it easy to work with the camera, especially if you want to manually enter the correction in automatic mode.
Cameras can be equipped with the function “Date” – Adds the date or time of capture on film in a corner of the image.
The basis of this system are conventional electronic clock and a special device that displays information from hours in the frame.
Almost all cameras are available in a version of “dated”.
They cost a little more expensive than the same model without a date.
This function, if necessary, can be disabled.
Cameras higher class may have optical zoom.
Zoom (zoom) – this lens, which allows, within certain limits smoothly change the focal length, as if approaching or removing the subject.
In fact, such a lens replaces multiple lenses.
Focal length – without going into the scientific definition of this parameter, say only that the lens with a focal length of 50 mm gives approximately the same zoom as the human eye.
Lenses with a smaller focal length gives a thumbnail image, but a larger angle of view, and lenses with a large “focus” – a larger image with a smaller field of view, as it approached.
Sophisticated cameras with zoom can produce only large firms.
The lens in the models of this class is always good, with good illumination, with additional design elements to improve image quality.
Devices such classes have a lot of additional features and capabilities.
Even more advanced can take SLR camera.
Their main feature – the opportunity to observe a real scene is through the lens.
In this camera there is no separate system of the viewfinder, you see exactly the image you get on film.
Such cameras at the same time give you the opportunity to simultaneously with the “image” to see through the viewfinder and all the information of the electronic systems, precision measurement of light, the number of personnel, work zoom, flash readiness, integration of manual modes, tips, etc.
Several years ago, Olympus has designed and launched a new type of SLR cameras, so-called “hybrid” cameras.
IS series is a concept of “all in one.
These cameras were specially designed for enthusiasts who want to receive high-quality photos without putting any effort.
Other companies picked up the idea, and now in stores a lot of SLR cameras for enthusiasts.
All the functions work amateur SLR cameras are fully automated.