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Its a very good flash but has slow recycle times.
I'm looking at the Metz 15 M-1 macro flash at the moment, trying to find out if its compatible with the little kit flash that comes with the EM-5 and whether it has High Speed Sync potential.
If it does I may well get it, of not I think its going to be the Olympus FL 600R for my macro work (off-set on a flash bracket)
If its for off camera use and you don`t need the video light Brian the FL50R would be better.
Quote: I'm looking at the Metz 15 M-1 macro flash at the moment, trying to find out if its compatible with the little kit flash that comes with the EM-5 and whether it has High Speed Sync potential
It would be compatible with any flash Brian, it has a built in optical slave I believe.
Its a good bit of kit but a fair bit more expensive and a lot bigger / heavier which would tend to rule it out for me Paul
Yes, the Metz has built in slave capacity + sync cord compatibilty + ttl function with the olympus but I haven't yet got the definitive info I'm looking for. I'm hoping that INTRO 2020 may come back with this tomorrow
Yes the FL50R is almost twice the size and weight of the FL600 that`s why I mentioned off camera use 
The larger FL50r is not that much dearer compared to the FL600, but the new FL600 is just about usable mounted to the OM-D.
I have added both parts of the battery pack and this helped a lot.
Talking about the battery pack, I expected it to switch automatically from one battery to the other but the pack I have does not, I have to manually select which battery I prefer. Do other users have to do this?
Quote: If it does not switch by itself I am just as well carrying a spare battery in my pocket and have wasted £100+
Guess it all depends on what you wanted the grip for, there`s a reason for calling it a portrait grip
If you switch the camera on with a battery in the grip, does it say "pbh" on the screen under the battery symbol, if it does not you have set the camera incorrectly.
Quote: I carry 3 spares in my pockets Barry. To stick a battery pack on this compact little DSLR would ruin one of the best features of the camera, imo
Lol that`s madness
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