FL-36, not enough for bounce flash?

Ramblin said:

With the flash pointed up, you have zoom settings 16 and 20 or off.

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So to be clear when using bounce mode, with the 7070, when you choose 16 or 20, it works okay, but if you select Auto, it results in a dark image?

Then what if you use the 8080? It is okay with all three settings?

johno

Well, that's partially right Michael - but I found that I just cannot use the FL-36 (or any Olympus flash for that matter) in bounce mode with the C-7070 (which is uncanny). As long as you use the flash in the normal straight forward mode, then yes...it works fine. The moment you tilt up the flash head up (even using a Stofen like I always do), you get dark pictures. Can't put my finger on it - it's as if it loses something in the process of using bounce mode - very unique. I've worked at this long and hard, but with the 7070 I just put on the Stofen and face the flash forward. And I use it off camera (see picture below) with the optional Olympus flash handle - and it seems to work fine in that capacity.



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It did work better with the C8080. The zoom could be turned off and proper flash exposure's achieved.
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Try setting the zoom mode on the flash to 16 or 20.

Ben Herrmann said:

Well, that's partially right Michael - but I found that I just
cannot use the FL-36 (or any Olympus flash for that matter) in
bounce mode with the C-7070 (which is uncanny). As long as you use
the flash in the normal straight forward mode, then yes...it works
fine. The moment you tilt up the flash head up (even using a
Stofen like I always do), you get dark pictures. Can't put my
finger on it - it's as if it loses something in the process of
using bounce mode - very unique. I've worked at this long and
hard, but with the 7070 I just put on the Stofen and face the flash
forward. And I use it off camera (see picture below) with the
optional Olympus flash handle - and it seems to work fine in that
capacity.

Click to expand...

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Oly C8o8oWZ, Oly F L -3 6 flash
Can DR 3ooD Can 18-55,17 -85 IS, 75 -300 D0 IS
Panasonic F Z 5K
Panasonic F Zee thirty K
Qimage, PSP 9.1, sigh! photoshop CS