Olympus CAMEDIA C-730 Ultra Zoom - Using the FL-40 External Flash by Itself

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Chapter 10
External flash (Cont.)
2
Turn on the external flash.
● The mode for the external flash is TTL-
AUTO.
● When the shutter button is pressed
halfway, the external flash begins
communicating with the camera and
automatically switches to TTL-AUTO.
● While the camera’s monitor is on, the
camera is communicating with the
external flash and TTL-AUTO is
displayed.
3
Press the (flash) switch on the
camera to open the main flash.
4
Press the (flash mode) button to
select the camera’s flash mode (P. 81).
3
Make sure that the main flash is
closed. If it opens at any time during
shooting, close it.
4
Press the button to select a flash
mode (P. 81).
● If close-up pictures are overexposed, try using the main flash by itself.
● When the main flash and the FL-40 are used together, the main flash is
used as the compensating light source. This means that if the amount of
light from the FL-40 is insufficient (beyond its working range), the resulting
pictures may be underexposed.
Note
First, do steps 1 and 2 of “Using the FL-40 external flash” (P. 195).
Using the FL-40 external flash by itself
(flash mode)
button
(flash) switch