Flash Intensity Control; Flash Bracketing - Olympus E-P1 Instruction Manual

Flash intensity control

The flash intensity can be adjusted from +3 to -3.
In some situations (e.g., when shooting small subjects, distant backgrounds, etc.), you may
get better results by adjusting the amount of light emitted by the flash ("flash intensity"). It is
useful when you intend to increase the contrast (distinction between light and dark) of images
to make the images more vivid.
Super control panel
Menu
x
Notes
• 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"w+F" (P. 107)

Flash bracketing

The camera shoots multiple frames, changing the amount of light emitted by the flash for
each shot. The camera shoots 3 frames at a time with the following amount of light: optimum
light, light adjusted in the – direction, and light adjusted in the + direction.
Menu
• The compensation value will change according to the EV
step. g"EV STEP" (P. 105)
• In single-frame shooting, the amount of light emitted by
the flash changes every time the shutter button is
pressed.
• In sequential shooting, hold down the shutter button until
the selected number of frames are taken.
• Releasing the shutter button stops flash bracketing
shooting. When it stops, 0 is displayed in green on
the LCD monitor.
i INFO k: [w]
MENU [c] [W] [w]
MENU [c] [V] [BRACKETING] [FL BKT]
MENU button
INFO button
i button
FLASH MODE
X-SYNC.
SLOW LIMIT 0 0
BACK SET
BRACKETING FL BKT
OFF
AE BKT
3F 0.3EV
WB BKT
3F 0.7EV
FL BKT
3F 1.0EV
ISO BKT
BACK SET
j
j
5
+3
+2
S1/C2/M1
+1
0
-1
-2
-3
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