Flash for the Olympus E10 - anyone use 540EZ?

[j.e.t]

I recently purchased a used E10 and was wondering if anyone

had any experience using a Speedlite 540EZ with this camera. I

believe that any flash can be used with the E10, it just won't sync

with the Olympus internal exposure system. Since there is no

synching mechanism with the 540EZ, did you just determine

flash power manually based on trial and error using the LCD?

 

Also, does anyone have the Olympus USB SmartMedia Reader?

How does this work? I didn't receive any software with it. Do you

just insert the card and it will automatically begin downloading

the images?

 

Thank you.

[jimstrutz]

If it works at all, you would have to set exposure by using guide number calculations or the built in manual exposure calculator.

 

The likely problem is that the Canon Speedlite will fire once and then lock up. That's what most of them do when attached to a generic slave or generic off shoe flash cord. But then again, some of them do work this way. You could give it a try, but I think you would be better off using an auto flash like a Vivitar 283 or Sunpak 383. At least then you could have auto flash exposure.