Adjusting flash output (Flash intensity control)

Flash output can be adjusted if you find that your subject to appears overexposed, or is underexposed even though the exposure in the rest of the frame is just right.

1 Display the live control (P. 20) and selectthe Flash intensity control item using FG.2 Choose the compensation value with HI and press the Q button.

%Tips

• For information on flash bracketing: g“FL BKT (FL bracketing)” (P. 55)

#Caution

•This does not work when the flash control mode on the electronic flash is set toMANUAL.

•If flash intensity is adjusted on the electronic flash, it will be combined with the camera's flash intensity setting.

•When [w+F] is set to [ON], the flash intensity value will be added to the exposure compensation value. g“Custom menu” (P. 78)

Using external flash units designated for use with this camera

Optional external flash units designated for use with this camera support a wide variety of options for flash photography, including automatic flash control, super FP, and wireless flash control (P. 89).

Other external flash units

Observe the following precautions when mounting an external flash unit not designated for use with this camera on the camera hot shoe:

•Using obsolete flash units that apply currents of more than about 24 V to the camera hot shoe X-contact will damage the camera.

•Connecting flash units with signal contacts that do not conform to Olympus specifications may damage the camera.

•Use only with the camera in shooting mode Mat shutter speeds slower than 1/180 s and at ISO settings other than [AUTO].

•Flash control can only be performed by manually setting the flash to the ISO sensitivity and aperture values selected with the camera. Flash brightness can be adjusted by adjusting either ISO sensitivity or aperture.

•Use a flash with an angle of illumination suited to the lens. Angle of illumination is usually expressed using 35-mm format equivalent focal lengths.

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