Olympus E-420 E-420 Instruction Manual (English) - Page 69

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. Flash stand-by mark Viewfinder  TIPS When you do not want the flash to pop up automatically: j Set [AUTO POP UP] to [OFF]. g"AUTO POP UP" (P. 88). 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. 71) 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. Direct button # + Fj Super control panel ip: [w] # button F button j 7 Menu MENU[X][w] Flash shooting METERING RC MODE AF MODE 0 AF AREA ANTI-SHOCK O+F3F +2 0+.10 S-A0 F -1 -2 O-F3F CANCEL SELECT GO x Notes • This does not work during manual flash. • 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. 87) 69 EN