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Re: [OM] Golden Rule...

Subject: Re: [OM] Golden Rule...
From: "Terry and Tracey" <foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 16:57:30 +1000
>I recently purchased a bracket a hotshoe with PC Adapter and
>a hotshoe with PC cord to get my flash off camera for my OM-10.
>I tested it at home and it seemed to be working fine.  But when the
>big event happened (my daughters Kindergarten graduation), the
>shutter would not sync up.  So the flash fired but the shutter speed
>was at the metered speed of 1 second.  I think it was working initially
>and then stopped.  I noticed something didn't seem right, but being
>am amateur, was too concerned with getting the shot at the moment.
>I haven't taking the film to the lab yet but suspect that it's a goner!  If
>I didn't get allot of camera shake due to the slow shutter speed, it should
>be overdeveloped because the shutter sync speed was 1 second.


Oops. You must set the shutter speed to 1/60, as the camera does not know
that a flash is there (no red led coupling). I cant remember if you can do
this without the manual adapter on the 10. I should have mentioned this when
I posted originally. Sorry.

Foxy


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