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Olympus E-P5 with Metz 15 MS-1 'Ring' Flash?

Started Nov 29, 2019 | Questions
Jim Ford Senior Member • Posts: 1,240
Olympus E-P5 with Metz 15 MS-1 'Ring' Flash?

I'm having problems setting up my Metz ring flash with my Olympus E-P5.

I find that the settings for RC flash on the camera rather opaque.

Can anyone share their settings with me, please

Jim

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Olympus PEN E-P5
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Guy Parsons
Guy Parsons Forum Pro • Posts: 40,000
Re: Olympus E-P5 with Metz 15 MS-1 'Ring' Flash?

Jim Ford wrote:

I'm having problems setting up my Metz ring flash with my Olympus E-P5.

I find that the settings for RC flash on the camera rather opaque.

Can anyone share their settings with me, please

Maybe some help on my E-P5 menus page http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~parsog/olyepl1/56-ep5-custom-menus.html#rcmenu

Hope that is of some help. Sorry I didn't see this post earlier.

Regards...... Guy

glassoholic
glassoholic Veteran Member • Posts: 7,641
Re: Olympus E-P5 with Metz 15 MS-1 'Ring' Flash?

The Metz must also be in the mode for Oly compatibility.

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cba_melbourne
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Re: Olympus E-P5 with Metz 15 MS-1 'Ring' Flash?

Jim Ford wrote:

I'm having problems setting up my Metz ring flash with my Olympus E-P5.

I find that the settings for RC flash on the camera rather opaque.

Can anyone share their settings with me, please

Jim

According to this compatibility list there should be no problems. The E-P5 supports TTL master.

https://www.intro2020.co.uk/EmbeddedContent/Brands/Metz/Downloads/metz_compatibility_aug16.pdf

If you bought the MS1 a while ago, it may be a good idea to first update it's firmware, see page 85 of the manual.

How are you trying to trigger the MS1, as slave to a primary Olympus flash, or with a cable? I use it as slave to the little FL-LM3 flash that came with the EM5.2 and Pen-F, and it just works fine.

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Guy Parsons
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Re: Olympus E-P5 with Metz 15 MS-1 'Ring' Flash?

cba_melbourne wrote:

Jim Ford wrote:

I'm having problems setting up my Metz ring flash with my Olympus E-P5.

I find that the settings for RC flash on the camera rather opaque.

Can anyone share their settings with me, please

Jim

According to this compatibility list there should be no problems. The E-P5 supports TTL master.

https://www.intro2020.co.uk/EmbeddedContent/Brands/Metz/Downloads/metz_compatibility_aug16.pdf

If you bought the MS1 a while ago, it may be a good idea to first update it's firmware, see page 85 of the manual.

How are you trying to trigger the MS1, as slave to a primary Olympus flash, or with a cable? I use it as slave to the little FL-LM3 flash that came with the EM5.2 and Pen-F, and it just works fine.

With RC control the E-P5 pop-up flash set to RC signals only at low power should work fine.

OP Jim Ford Senior Member • Posts: 1,240
Re: Olympus E-P5 with Metz 15 MS-1 'Ring' Flash?

It turned out that I had V1.0 of the firmware, which doesn't support the E-P5. I updated the firmware and it's now OK (but it took an hour to find the USB port - until I took the lens adaptor off!).

Thanks to all for the replies.

Jim

glassoholic
glassoholic Veteran Member • Posts: 7,641
Re: Olympus E-P5 with Metz 15 MS-1 'Ring' Flash?

Jim Ford wrote:

It turned out that I had V1.0 of the firmware, which doesn't support the E-P5. I updated the firmware and it's now OK (but it took an hour to find the USB port - until I took the lens adaptor off!).

Thanks to all for the replies.

Jim

Good to hear... I have a Metz 64 AF2 that needed a FW update to work remotely with an EM1.2 after the EM1.2 had a FW update!

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