Olympus E-3 User Manual page 57

advantageous position which can be up to ten meters from the
remote flash unit.
What is more, with the E-3's individualised control facility, you
can change the output power of up to 9 separate units without
the need to physically walk up to them and adjust their controls.
It is now possible to set up two units to provide general overall
illumination at – for example – 1/3 power against a backdrop and
to aim a third unit at your main subject at 2/3 power. Simply by
highlighting the unit you wish to control on the super control
panel of the E-3 you can decide to increase the power of the
main light to full power with a few pushes of the arrow pad keys.
This system provides a wide range of possibilities, not least of
which is the ability to do night time wildlife shooting. You could
set up the remote flash unit above or near a roosting spot of an
owl and then position yourself some distance away with a
suitably long lens.
When your subject alights on its roost, you can take a
photograph of the bird with the correct amount of illumination
even though you are well out of range of a conventionally
mounted flash. The other advantage offered by this facility is that
you need not worry about shadows that would otherwise be cast
by branches and twigs situated between your camera position
and the subject. You can simply ensure that the target area is
cleanly illuminated when you mount the remote flash unit.
The opportunities offered by the system for adventure sports
photography are also endless. You could place a unit on the
ground below a cycle ramp and set it to full power while using
another unit near your shooting position to provide fill-in light
levels only. As an adventure cyclist lifts off the ramp you can get
dramatically illuminated photographs which would otherwise be
impossible to capture.
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