Shooting With The Olympus Wireless Rc Flash System - Olympus E-420 Instruction Manual

Shooting with the Olympus wireless RC flash system

Wireless flash shooting is possible with the Olympus wireless RC flash system. With this
wireless flash system, you can take pictures using multiple wireless flashes and control the
flashes in three groups (A, B, and C). The built-in flash is used to communicate between the
camera and the external flashes.
For details on using the wireless flash, see the manual of the external flash.
Wireless flash setup range
Position the wireless flash so that the wireless sensor faces the camera. The setup range
guidelines are as shown below. The range changes according to the surrounding environment.
Remote sensor
Direction of the
camera
1
Position the flash while referring to the "Wireless flash setup range", and turn on
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the flash.
2
Press the MODE button on the flash to set it to RC mode, and set the channel and
group of the flash.
3
Set RC mode on the camera to [ON].
• MENU [X] [#RC MODE] [ON]
• The super control panel switches to RC mode.
• You can press the INFO button to switch the super control panel display.
4
Use the super control panel to set the flash mode and other settings for each group.
Group
• Select the flash
control mode and
adjust the flash
intensity individually
for groups A, B, and
C. For MANUAL,
select the flash
intensity.
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EN
Direction of the
emitted flash
50° 50° 50
100° 100° 100
50° 50 50°
Flash intensity value
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TTL +1.0
M 1 / 8
–
OFF
Flash control Flash
mode intensity
30° 30° 30
30 30° 30°
60 60° 60°
Normal flash / Super FP flash
• Switch between normal flash and
Super FP flash.
RC
LO
Communication light level
2
• Set the communication light level to
[HI], [MID], or [LO].
Channel
• Set the communication channel to
the same channel used on the
flash.