Steve,
I use an E-510. The built-in flash seems to work ok when fairly close to
the subject, but I get much better indoor shots by using ISO 400 or 800 and
existing light.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Steve & Alicia Goss" <stevegoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 9:51 AM
Subject: [OM] Using flashes with the E series cameras
> Hi, Y'all-
> The E-510 has a built in flash, but it's tiny, and I'm getting less than
> stellar results on indoor shots.
>
> Wen using the attached flash I'm getting red eye on a lot of images now.
> I didn't get red eye very often with my OM's, because I used a T32 on a
> bounce grip. Plus, the OM's would control the flash...
>
> At an outing to a rock climbing gym I tried using a Sunpak 433 with a
> zoom adaptor on an E-510 with the 40-150 lens, but the results generally
> went from bad to awful. I didn't get red eye, but it was obvious that
> the camera had no idea that a flash was involved. On some shots people
> have transparent arms because they were moving and the shutter was open
> way too long, and other shots are totally over exposed. One of the
> problems is that the distances to the subjects kept varying; the flash
> was set up in auto mode but was not cutting back enough on its own.
>
> Do I have to go to manual flash calculations (after years of letting OTF
> do it for me), do I need to just crank up the ISO to the maximum and
> forget the flash, do I have to get a flash dedicated to the E series, or
> something else?
>
> Thanks, Steve Goss, Dallas Tx usa
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