Adjusting flash output (flash intensity control), Other external flash units – Olympus E-PL2 User Manual

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Flash shooting

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.

Display the live control (P. 20) and select
the Flash intensity control item using

FG.

Choose the compensation value with

and press the

Q button.

w 0.0

S-AF

OFF

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

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 to
MANUAL.
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 M at 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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