User manual OLYMPUS CAMEDIA E-10

[. . . ] Digital Camera Instructions s Thank you for purchasing this digital Olympus camera. s We recommend that you spend some time taking test shots and experimenting with all of the features before you take important pictures. OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO. , LTD. San-Ei Building, 22-2, Nishi Shinjuku 1-chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan. 0426-42-7499 http://www. olympus. co. jp Instructions OLYMPUS AMERICA INC. Two Corporate Center Drive, Melville, NY 11747-3157, U. S. A. (EUROPA) GMBH. (Premises/Goods delivery) Wendenstraße 14-18, 20097 Hamburg, Germany. [. . . ] Continue to turn the dial until you see the desired combination of flash control setting marks, and then stop turning the dial. Take the picture. 6 3 When the flash is not required When you do not want to use the flash, for example when photographing subjects as a sunset or night scene, shooting a subject that the flash will not reach, or shooting a subject in a location where flash photography is not allowed (such as in a museum), just press down the built-in flash to close it. If an external flash unit is connected to the camera, switch it off or remove it. (Some external flash units may require removal and others may not; you can just switch them off. ) 89 Using Flash Control Compensation The camera can automatically adjust the flash intensity according to the brightness of the subject, light reflected from the subject, and the camera-to-subject distance, and because of this the image of a subject could appear too bright or too dark. In such cases you can use flash control compensation to capture images that are not too bright or too dark. Flash control may not have enough effect when using a high shutter speed. 1 2 1 Press the menu button . The menu opens in the monitor. On the arrow pad, press or to move the green highlight to the mark. On the arrow pad, press to move the green highlight to the scale to the right of the flash . control mark To increase or decrease the flash intensity, press or . Every time you press or , the flash compensation value changes in 1/3EV steps through a range of -2EV to +2EV. 3 2 4 3 4 90 5 Press the button. 5 The green highlight returns to the flash control mark and the setting is stored. When any value other than zero (0) is is selected, the flash control mark displayed in the control panel. Please remember that this setting is retained even after the camera is switched off and switched on again. To release this setting, reset the value for zero. 6 Displayed only when an exposure value other than 0 is selected. button again to close the 6 Take the picture. To use the dedicated external flash and built-in flash together Control panel When the dedicated external flash is mounted on the camera, the camera automatically sets the flash for TTL-AUTO. With this setting, the camera can adjust the intensity of the flash fired from the dedicated flash, just as it automatically adjusts the flash intensity for the built-in flash. If you set the dedicated flash for MANUAL, this disables automatic adjustment of the flash intensity only for the dedicated external flash; the intensity of the built-in flash will continue to be controlled by the camera. 91 Using the Optional Dedicated External Flash FL-40 The dedicated external flash FL-40 increases the amount of light and can illuminate subjects which are beyond the range of the built-in flash. You can also use the dedicated external flash to bounce light onto the subject from another direction, allowing more variety in the use of lighting. The dedicated external flash can be mounted on the hot shoe on top of the camera or mounted on the optional flash bracket attachment. With the dedicated external flash, you can use flash control compensation and select the flash mode, just like you can with the built-in flash. (© 90) To use only the dedicated external flash If you want to use only the dedicated external flash, just push down the built-in flash. To use the dedicated external flash and built-in flash together With the built-in flash you can also use the dedicated external flash to bounce light onto the subject to create a catch-light effect to light the eyes of the subject more naturally. When the built-in flash and external flash are used together, the built-in flash provides about half of the light emitted from the dedicated external flash. When you use the external flash to bounce light onto a subject, in some cases the intensity of the external flash could be insufficient, even with the range for flash shooting, please remember that you may not be able to achieve the correct exposure. To set the flash mode for the FL-40 When the dedicated external flash is mounted on the camera, the camera automatically sets the flash for TTL-AUTO, and the intensity of the dedicated external flash can be controlled from the camera. With the mode dial set to M (Manual mode), you can select MANUAL on the dedicated external flash. This allows you to set the guide number on the dedicated external flash, and select the aperture on the camera for taking a picture. [. . . ] 113 quick reference white balance described . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 setup/connection mode menu menu summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 preset white balance described . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 shooting a picture backlit subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]