Adjusting Flash Output (Flash Intensity Control); Using External Flash Units Designated For Use With This Camera; Other External Flash Units - Olympus E-M5 Instruction Manual

Adjusting flash output (Flash intensity control)

Flash output can be adjusted if you find that your subject to appears overexposed, or is
underexposed even though the exposure in the rest of the frame is just right.
1
Display the super control panel or live control
and select the flash intensity control item.
2
Use the sub dial to choose a setting.
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For information on flash bracketing: g "FL BKT (FL bracketing)" (P. 63)
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Cautions
• 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. (P. 89)
Using external flash units designated for use with this
camera
Optional external flash units designated for use with this camera support a wide variety
of options for flash photography, including automatic flash control, super FP, and
wireless flash control (P. 97).

Other external flash units

Observe the following precautions when mounting an external flash unit not designated
for use with this camera on the camera hot shoe:
• Using obsolete flash units that apply currents of more than about 24 V to the camera hot
shoe X-contact will damage the camera.
• Connecting flash units with signal contacts that do not conform to Olympus specifications
may damage the camera.
• Use only with the camera in shooting mode M at shutter speeds slower than 1/180 s and
at ISO settings other than [AUTO].
• Flash control can only be performed by manually setting the flash to the ISO sensitivity
and aperture values selected with the camera. Flash brightness can be adjusted by
adjusting either ISO sensitivity or aperture.
• Use a flash with an angle of illumination suited to the lens. Angle of illumination is usually
expressed using 35-mm format equivalent focal lengths.
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ISO ISO ISO ISO
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OFF OFF
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