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External flash (cont.) – Olympus C-4040 Zoom User Manual

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External flash (Cont.)

Chapter 11

3

To use the external flash only
T Select

, then press

.

To use the external flash together with the main flash
T Select IN+

, then press

.

4

Turn on the external flash.
● The mode for the external flash is TTL-AUTO.

● When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the external flash begins

communicating with the camera and automatically switches to TTL-
AUTO.

5

Press the

(flash mode) button to

select the camera’s flash mode (P. 84).

Flash mode button

● If close-up pictures are overexposed, try using the main flash by itself.

● When the main flash and the FL-40 are used together, the main flash is

used as the compensating light source. This means that if the amount of
light from the FL-40 is insufficient (beyond its working range), the resulting
pictures may be underexposed.