Can anyone help me with a problem I am having with the settings on my new Olympus E-3?

Question

The main problem seems to be that I have somehow messed up the settings, and now it takes about 2 seconds to shoot a picture when I am in the house. It worked fine at first, and I am still learning this camera.

Answer 1

Is the camera on one of the PASM creative modes? If so, what shutter speed is the camera set on (the number to the left of the f/stop)?

What ISO is it set on? Try using AUTO or a higher ISO (400+) while indoors.

Are you using flash? The slow sync modes will prioritize a slower shutter speed.

Is the self timer on? Press the middle silver button immediately to the left of the pentaprism hump and see if the 2 second timer is selected.

Is "Anti-shock" set to anything other than "OFF"? You can check by entering shooting menu #2 indicated by a little camera with a 2.

If everything fails you can reset all of your settings by entering shooting menu #1 (indicated by a little camera with a 1) and selecting "CUSTOM RESET". Select "RESET" and confirm.