Olympus MACRO FLASH SYSTEM User Manual

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<Checking the battery power>
1. Tu rn the camera on and then press the Power button to
turn the Ring Flash on.
•The [RING] indicator appears on the control panel and
battery charging starts.
Notes:
• If the [RING] or [TWIN] indicator on the control panel
blinks, wait until the blinking stops, then turn the camera
off and re-connect the Ring Flash to the Ring Flash con-
nector (page 47).
• Both Twin Flash connectors must be capped or the Ring Flash
will not turn when the Power button is pressed.
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 values specified below.
Alkaline, Ni-Mn, lithium or
Ni-Cd batteries
• If the Charge lamp and AUTO CHECK lamp blink alter-
nately, it means that the battery capacity is running low. In
this case, replace the batteries.
Memo: Test flash activation
To perform test flash activation, press the Test button.
3. Press the Power button again to turn the Ring Flash off.
Turn the Ring Flash off in the following cases:
• Before mounting it on the camera or dismounting it from
the camera.
• When flash emission is not required.
• When not using the Ring Flash.
• When plugging or unplugging the Ring Flash connector.
Flash Interval and Flash Count
The following table shows the flash intervals and flash counts for various batteries. Data is
based on using batteries all of the same type.
Batteries used
AA (R6) alkaline dry cell batteries (LR6 type)
AA (R6) Ni-Cd batteries, 1000 mAh
AA (R6) Ni-Mh batteries, 1900 mAh
AA (R6) Ni-Mn batteries (ZR6 type)
AA (R6) lithium batteries (FR6 type)
Lithium battery packs (CR-V3)
Flash interval
Approx. 4 sec.
Approx. 3 sec.
Approx. 3.5 sec.
Approx. 4 sec.
Approx. 5 sec.
Approx. 4 sec.
Flash count
Approx. 250 times
Approx. 170 times
Approx. 200 times
Approx. 160 times
Approx. 190 times
Approx. 420 times
* The flash emission interval and count data were obtained from in-house tests at Olympus.
MACRO FLASH CONTROLLER
FC-1
MODE
LAMP
AUTO
CHECK
TEST/
CHARGE
POWER
LIGHT
RATIO GN/
MACRO FLASH CONTROLLER
FC-1
MODE
LAMP
AUTO
CHECK
TEST/
CHARGE
POWER
LIGHT
RATIO GN/
MACRO FLASH CONTROLLER
FC-1
MODE
LAMP
AUTO
CHECK
TEST/
CHARGE
POWER
LIGHT
RATIO GN/
MACRO FLASH CONTROLLER
FC-1
MODE
LAMP
AUTO
CHECK
TEST/
CHARGE
POWER
LIGHT
RATIO GN/
MACRO FLASH CONTROLLER
FC-1
MODE
LAMP
AUTO
CHECK
TEST/
CHARGE
POWER
LIGHT
RATIO GN/
30 sec.
10 sec.
Ni-Mh batteries

Olympus MACRO FLASH SYSTEM Specifications

General

Brand	Olympus
Model	MACRO FLASH SYSTEM
Category	Camera Flash
Language	English