On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, John A. Prosper wrote:
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|On Wed, 25 Mar 1998 wijsmuller@xxxxxx wrote:
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||Richard Schätzl wrote:
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||> Olympus should look
||> at contemporary Metz flashes how to integrate many features for a wide
||> range of cameras.
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||I don't know, as I recall Minolta introduced high-speed sync some
||time before Metz it's MZ 40-2 (which I own) and yet this flash
||does *not* support the Minolta high-speed sync. So it could be a
||tricky feature, this 'Super FP' mode. What about the MZ 50 and MZ
||40-3? Do they support the high speed sync options of Nikon, Canon and
||Minolta?
Obviously, I was typing too fast and skipped a few words.
|I don't know about the Metz situation. However, one of the
|big problems with "high speed sync" flash is that they are
|battery hogs. I initially assumed that the wizards would
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should read "Olympus wizards"
|mitigate the battery sucking problem enough to produce a
|more powerful flash, but it may well be more problematic
|than it seems. If you think of it, the flash has to pulse
|repeatedly at a constant color temperature for a relatively
|long time (about 1/40 seconds). I believe I recall reading
|somewhere that other manufacturers' high speed sync flashes
|drain batteries quickly as well. (Perhaps users of other
|systems which carry these flashes can comment.)
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|It may well be true that to produce a practical flash with
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should read "practical Super FP flash"
|professional power, a manufacturer may have to employ a
|seperate high energy rechargeable battery pack similar to
|those employed by Norman, Sunpak (for the J120) or Quantum
|(Models T2 and X2).
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||BTW I posted a reaction about the difference I thought existed
||between the Olympus way of 'super FP' and the presumed ways of other
||camera manufacturers. But I just read that it operates basically the
||same i.e. with many short flashes. I thought, probably mislead by an
||illustration in an Olympus OM-4Ti brochure that Olympus 'Super FP'
||flash was based on a very long duration flash. I guess somebody more
||knowledgable will point this out. Thanks in advance.
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|Yes, as I pointed out above it pulses in micro short bursts
|over a 1/40 second time span.
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