Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Photography and portraiture - Olympus e-pl 1 Why can't we shoot in the dark? There is a red dot flashing. Sorry, I am a new camera user. Please ask questions.

Olympus e-pl 1 Why can't we shoot in the dark? There is a red dot flashing. Sorry, I am a new camera user. Please ask questions.

It should be that the autofocus auxiliary light is flashing. Simply put:

Auto-focusing is a way to use the principle of object light reflection, receive reflected light through the sensor CCD on the camera, and drive the electric focusing device to focus through computer processing.

The autofocus auxiliary lamp is responsible for illuminating the subject for the camera's focusing system in poor light environment, so that the focusing system can focus accurately. The power of the autofocus auxiliary lamp is relatively small, and generally it only works in a short range (generally less than 4 meters).