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Page 2: ...herwise fire or electric shock may result Do not use the flash when it is covered by a flammable object such as a handkerchief Do not touch the light emitting area after use It will be very hot and co...
Page 3: ...Doing so could result in fire or electric shock Please contact your dealer or Olympus Do not handle the electronic flash with wet hands Doing so could result in electric shock Do not leave the electr...
Page 4: ...demarks of their respec tive owners Improper use of batteries may result in fluid leak heat generation and or damage Sweat and oil smudges may cause battery contact failure To prevent this remove any...
Page 5: ...era without Communication Capability 34 Selecting the control mode 34 AUTO 35 MANUAL 37 Other Operations 39 Bounce Shooting 39 Close up Flash 41 Manual Switching of Firing angle ZOOM 42 Using the Wide...
Page 6: ...ENCLATURE Wide panel Page 43 AF illuminator light emitting area When the subject is dark or low contrast the built in AF illuminator emits light to facilitate focusing The AF illuminator can also be d...
Page 7: ...n This Manual The indications on the control panel may differ from those shown in the illustra tion above depending on the setup of the electronic flash the camera in use and the shooting conditions F...
Page 8: ...2 AA R6 oxyride batteries ZR6Y type x 2 Lithium battery pack CR V3 type Olympus LB 01 x 1 The AA R6 manganese batteries cannot be used Recommended Batteries The flash s charging circuitry is optimized...
Page 9: ...c flash on The control panel lights up and battery charging starts 2 Ensure that the Charge lamp lights up Replace the batteries if the time taken for the Charge lamp to light up is longer than the va...
Page 10: ...e electronic flash all the way into the hot shoe until it stops with a click 5 Turn the lock ring all the way into the direction of LOCK until it stops ATTACHING TO THE CAMERA REMOVING FROM THE CAMERA...
Page 11: ...UAL 22 24 27 29 32 Control panel display Control operation Main application Ref Pages Flash is controlled automatically by performing pre flash accord ing to the camera setup Flash light intensity is...
Page 12: ...he flash light intensity can be adjusted between 3 and 3 Light intensity adjustment value TTL AUTO 1 The control panel shows the light control range according to the camera setup 2 Confirm that the di...
Page 13: ...ris F and lens focal length ZOOM fpl rql Memo Test flash activation Flash activation can be tested before actually releasing the shutter Press the Test button for test flash activation The light contr...
Page 14: ...6 Actual light intensity adjustment FL 36 0 3 0 3 0 6 Camera 0 3 Memo Assuming that the ISO speed is 100 the optimum shoot ing distance can be calculated with the following formula Optimum shooting di...
Page 15: ...ustment The flash light intensity can be adjusted between 0 7 and 0 7 Light intensity adjustment value Selected adjustment value Adjustment value displayed on FL 36 Actual light intensity adjustment F...
Page 16: ...value set on the FL 36 and that set on the camera The light intensity adjustment value displayed is that of the FL 36 only Example Light intensity adjustment value Light intensity adjustment The flas...
Page 17: ...ting distance 1 Turn the select dial to set the guide number GN Together with the optimum shooting distance according to the cam era setup 2 Turn dial A to set the guide number GN Set the guide number...
Page 18: ...can be adjusted in 1 3 steps Memo Test flash activation Flash activation can be tested before actually releasing the shutter Press the Test button for test flash activation The light control is OK whe...
Page 19: ...7 1 5 17 1 1 8 20 0 2 0 22 9 2 3 25 7 0 6 6 0 0 6 7 0 0 9 10 0 1 0 11 0 1 1 12 0 1 3 14 0 1 4 16 0 1 6 18 0 0 5 4 3 0 5 5 0 0 6 7 1 0 7 7 9 0 8 8 6 0 9 10 0 1 0 11 4 1 1 12 9 0 5 3 0 0 5 3 5 0 5 5 0 0...
Page 20: ...e Optimum shooting distance m 2 When it is necessary to determine the lens iris F Determine the lens iris F with the following formula and set F on the FL 36 Lens iris F 1 When the shooting distance a...
Page 21: ...panel The color of the surface ceiling and or walls off which the light is bounced will affect the pictures you take Whenever possible bounce the light off a neutral surface When the firing angle adju...
Page 22: ...adjust the firing angle The M ZOOM indicator lights in the control panel The firing angle can be set to one of 12 14 17 25 35 and 42 mm 24 28 35 50 70 and 85 mm with 135 type Each press of the ZOOM b...
Page 23: ...background Wide panel indicator When the wide panel is used the actual guide number GN will be lower than set In the TTL AUTO AUTO and FP TTL AUTO modes this results in a reduction of the available sh...
Page 24: ...ter is used and the flash is emitted immediately before the end of exposure period This makes it possible to take pictures of moving objects such as car taillights with a streaming effect When the cam...
Page 25: ...ontrol from the camera AF illuminator is defeated Flash cable Use this setting when not using the flash cable clipping on to the hot shoe Use this setting when using the flash cable off flash cable Fi...
Page 26: ...ronic flash unused for at least 10 minutes after continuous firing up to the limit count 1 1 6 sec 10 1 2 3 sec 20 1 4 1 sec 40 1 8 to a 128 0 5 sec or less 80 Flash control mode Light intensity ratio...
Page 27: ...1 3200 1 7 2 0 2 8 3 1 3 4 3 9 4 5 5 0 1 4000 1 5 1 8 2 5 2 8 3 0 3 5 4 0 4 5 1 5000 1 3 1 6 2 2 2 5 2 7 3 1 3 6 4 0 1 6400 1 2 1 4 2 0 2 2 2 4 2 8 3 2 3 6 1 8000 1 1 1 2 1 8 1 9 2 1 2 5 2 8 3 2 ZOOM...
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Page 29: ...r guide number GN is selected Digital camera without communication capability Out of light control range in AUTO mode Change the camera s ISO speed or lens iris F setting P 35 Warning details Control...
Page 30: ...tment When the ISO speed and lens iris F are out of the setting range Q A Q Is multi flash shooting possible in the TTL AUTO mode A No it is not possible Q When are test flash activation and auto chec...
Page 31: ...shooting conditions Recharge time Approx 7 5 seconds using the AA R6 alkaline manganese batteries from full activation to Approx 6 5 seconds using the LB 01 type lithium battery packs charge lamp lig...
Page 32: ...munication capability is connected Standard effective distances Variable depending on the camera and lens in use 1 to 5 m 3 3 to 16 4 ft Power supply AA R6 alkaline dry cell batteries LR6 x 2 AA R6 Ni...
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