Olympus E-410 User Manual

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Shooti

ng functions – V

ious shooting functi

ons

Using the built-in flash

If you shoot a subject using a lens that is wider than 14 mm (equivalent to 28 mm on a 35 mm

film camera), the light emitted by the flash may produce a vignette effect. Whether or not
vignetting occurs also depends on lens type and shooting conditions (such as distance to the

subject).

Press the

# button to raise the built-in

flash.

• The built-in flash will pop up automatically and

fire in low light conditions under the following

modes.
AUTO / i / & / / / I / U / G / J / r /
g

Press the shutter button halfway.

• The

# (flash stand-by) mark lights when the

flash is ready to fire. If the mark is blinking, the
flash is charging. Wait until charging is complete.

Press the shutter button all the way.

TIPS
When you do not want the flash to pop up
automatically:

J Set [AUTO POP UP] on the menu to [OFF].

g “Auto pop up” (P. 67)

Flash intensity control

This adjusts the amount of light emitted by the flash.

In some situations (e.g., when shooting small subjects, distant backgrounds, etc.), you may get
better results by adjusting light emission. It is useful when you intend to increase the contrast

(distinction between light and dark) of images to make the images more vivid.

MENU[X][w]

Use

bd to set the compensation value.

TIPS
To call up the flash compensation screen quickly:

J Hold down the

# button and the F (exposure

compensation) button at the same time until the w screen
appears. Use the control dial to set.

x Notes

• This does not work when the flash control mode on the electronic flash is set to MANUAL.
• If light emission is adjusted on the electronic flash, it will be combined with the camera’s light

emission setting.

• The amount of light emitted by the flash is interlocked with exposure compensation.

# button

Flash stand-by mark

Viewfinder