Built-In Flash Shooting - Olympus E-420 Instruction Manual

Built-in flash shooting

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).
1
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 / & / / / B / U / G / J /
r / g
2
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.
3
Press the shutter button all the way.
TIPS
When you do not want the flash to pop up automatically:
j Set [AUTO POP UP] to [OFF]. g"AUTO POP UP" (P. 92).
x
Notes
• When [#RC MODE] is set to [ON], the built-in flash will fire only to communicate with the
external flash so it will not function as a flash.
g"Shooting with the Olympus wireless RC flash system" (P. 76)
# button
Flash stand-by mark
Viewfinder
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