Olympus FL-36 flash unit for use with Digital Olympus camera s

The Olympus FL-36 provides photographers with an additional option from the existing suite of electronic flashes Olympus offers for our E-System Digital SLR cameras

The FL-36 Electronic Flash is specifically designed for digital with an accurate 1/8 step illumination control to provide the precision required by digital cameras, while minimizing illumination reduction. The built-in wide-angle diffuser panel will allow the flash to provide even illumination with wide angle lenses like the Zuiko Digital 14mm-45mm zoom. The inclusion of a lockable bounce and swivel mechanism offers a variety of bounce photography options including left-right, as well as top-bottom in addition to a compact zoom head to accommodate lenses from wide angle to telephoto.

The FL-36 also features a newly designed energy circuit that improves recharge rates and enables the flash to operate on just two AA batteries or one CR-3 Volt lithium. In addition, the FL-36 incorporates an ultra-precision mounting technology communicating with the E. The FL-36 is compact, lightweight and extremely portable, and is approximately 25% shorter and 35% lighter than the larger FL-50 flash, a significant space and weight savings.

Specifications

FS-FL36 Type : External electronic flash for digital still camera

Guide number : Automatic switching 36: When in 42 mm (85 mm with 135 type) 20: When in 12 mm (24 mm with 135 type) 8/10 switching: When the wide panel is used.

Firing angle : Automatic switching. At 12 mm: Up-down 61°, left-right 78°(equivalent to image angle of 12 mm lens)* At 42 mm: Up-down 21°, left-right 28°(equivalent to image angle of 42 mm lens)* When the wide panel is used for 8 mm: Up-down 83°, left-right 101° (equivalent to image angle of 8 mm lens)* * ZOOM values are the FOUR THIRDS camera values.

Flash emission period : Approx. 1/20000 to 1/500 sec. (Variable according to the light intensity, except in FP emission.)

Flash emission count : Approx. 150 times (using the LR6-type AA (R6) alkaline dry cell batteries) (at full activation) Approx. 320 times (using the LB-01 type lithium battery packs) (Variable depending on shooting conditions)

Recharge time : Approx. 7.5 seconds (using the AA (R6) alkaline manganese batteries) (from full activation to Approx. 6.5 seconds (using the LB-01 type lithium battery packs) charge lamp lighting)

Flash modes : TTL AUTO, AUTO, MANUAL, FP TTL AUTO, FP MANUAL Bounce angles : Up 0 to 90°, down 7°, right 0 to 90°, left 0 to 180° Auto power OFF : Interlocks with the auto power OFF operation of a camera with communication capability

AF illuminator : Automatic firing at low intensity, possible only when a camera with communication capability is connected. Standard effective distances (Variable depending on the camera and lens in use.) 1 to 5 m (3.3 to 16.4 ft) Power supply : AA (R6) alkaline dry cell batteries (LR6) x 2, AA (R6) Ni-Cd batteries x 2, AA (R6) Ni-Mh batteries x 2, AA (R6) Ni-Mn batteries (ZR6) x 2, AA (R6) oxidize batteries (ZR6Y type) x 2, AA (R6) lithium batteries (FR6) x 2 or 3 V lithium battery pack (Olympus LB-01) x 1

Dimensions : 67(W) x 108(H) x 95(D) mm (2.6 x 4.3 x 3.7 in) (excluding protrusions)

Weight : 210 g (7.4 oz) (excluding batteries)