todd frederick Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 When trying to use an external Nikon flash (SB22 and SB25) on an Olympus C5050 in "A" mode, I can not use it without the on-camera flash firing also. If I turn off the on-camera flash, the shutter speed drops to an available light reading. I can use it in full manual exposure mode, but then I need a meter for outdoor fill. Anyone know how I can use the Nikon flash with this camera and disarm the on-camera flash, and get a proper shutter speed reading? By the way, I put it in "A" mode and covered the on-camera flash with tape and it worked ok...I'm trying to avoid red-eye. Am I making any sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_yu Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 I am also having the same problem. The manual says you can change flash mode to "External Flash Only" (Menu->Camera->Flash->External Flash) However, both the camera and my SB26 were still firing. Maybe it is the problem of non-dedicated flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd frederick Posted July 22, 2003 Author Share Posted July 22, 2003 I think you are correct. I just tried that method and I can get the external flash only to fire using (Drive>Flash Icon>N+Flash Icon) and used it in "A" mode with setting 100ISO. The external flash only fired doing this, but the shutter speed was 2 seconds...the speed did not adjust to the flash. It works in total manual mode which is ok for indoor use but not outdoor fill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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