An annunciating apparatus for use with an electronic flash system includes a flash system which employs a trigger device generating a trigger signal at a time of test light emission and a light producing device responsive to the trigger signal for initiating operation of the light producing device to produce light. The annunciating apparatus includes a light sensitive device arranged to receive light passed through a photographic taking lens and produces a first electrical signal corresponding to an amount of light from a scene. The annunciating apparatus also includes a signal generating device for producing a second electrical signal corresponding to an aperture value preset on a camera at the time of test light emission for the electronic flash system and a comparison device for receiving the first and second signals to produce a control signal when the first electrical signal reaches a predetermined level. Finally, an annunciator responsive to the control signal annunciates whether a correct exposure obtains.