Olympus E500 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Flash shooting
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Various shooting functions
Using the external electronic flash
Be sure to attach the flash to the camera before turning on the flash’s power.
1 Remove the hot shoe cover by
sliding it in the direction
indicated by the arrow in the
illustration.
Keep the shoe cover in a safe
place to avoid losing it, and put it
back on the camera after flash
shooting.
2 Attach the electronic flash to
the hot shoe on the camera.
If the lock pin is protruding, turn
the shoe lock ring as far as it will
go in the direction opposite to
LOCK. This will pull the lock pin
back inside.
3 Turn on the flash.
When the charge lamp on the
flash lights up, charging is
complete.
The flash will be synchronized
with the camera at a speed of
1/180 sec. or less.
4 Select a flash mode.
Lock pin
Lock ring