Thank you Rand. I have not done much complex flash work before; what fires
the slave Vivitar ? (Ir, cable, etc.)
Chip
(St. Louis)
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> From: Rand E. Tomcala[SMTP:rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Reply To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 8:34 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] OM-4 Flash Solution
>
> Chip,
> I haven't found that the exact location of the slave to be that
> critical. The alter has a statue near the back and I just lay the flash
> on a bench off to one side and aim it at about 45 deg, up and pointed at
> the center of the back wall. I do use a defuser on it to eliminate
> harshness in any possible shadows. With two T32's at the camera/tripod,
> the vivitar doesn't really enter into the exposure that much, it is
> included in the OTF exposure by the OM2n (and OM2/om4 etc.). I used the
> Vivitar SL-2 slave sensor this last time but any slave sensor should
> do. The T32 on the shoe is angled upwards to provide bounce lighting
> from above and the other T32 provides most of the frontal light.
> Using relatively fresh batteries in the flashes and the BG2 I find
> that it takes much longer to settle down 25 people than to charge three
> strobe units. You can also mix a T20 and a T32 or even two T20's. Like
> I said the limit is nine T series flashes can be controlled by the OTF
> control of the camera. Another use is two T20's on a Macro Shoe Ring
> using Duo Synch cords or a multi conn and TTL cords.
> I got an OM4 recently but haven't gotten to the point of comfort/trust
> with it yet. With the OM4 it's nice because you can shoe mount one
> flash and then use a TTL cable to the BG2 for the other flash.
> So many options, so little money!
> Rand E.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "Kinkead, Frank W" wrote:
> >
> > Rand,
> >
> > Thank you for your input. I'm seeing more value in a BG2 now. In fact,
> > I'm now looking for a reasonably priced T32 and BG2. Regarding the
> Vivitar
> > you slave in the back of the scene. Is it aimed at the rear wall or
> > straight up ? How is it fired from the Olympus with the two T32s ? Is
> it's
> > light emission also weighed by the TTL camera system ? You information
> is
> > helpful as I'm trying to learn similar approaches with two flashes.
> Thanks.
> >
> > Chip
> > (St. Louis, MO)
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: Rand E. Tomcala[SMTP:rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Reply To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 7:11 AM
> > > To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [OM] OM-4 Flash Solution
> > >
> > > Chip,
> > > One of the wonderful features about the Olympus OTF flash feature is
> > > that you can use up to nine flash units at a time and still retain OTF
> > > exposure control. I do a group picture about every 3 months for my
> wife
> > > and I use two T32's, one on the shoe with reflector tilted up about 40
> > > degrees and the other straight ahead but mounted on a bounce grip 2.
> > > Because it takes place in a moderate sized chapel, I also use a slaved
> > > Vivitar 283 filling the back of the room. Using the on camera T32
> > > tilted up at 40 degrees eliminates red-eye and the offset of the other
> > > T32 on the bounce grip 2 seems to give sufficient angle to also
> > > eliminate red-eye. I don't even need to compensate for the background
> > > fill flash (the 283). It works for me!
> > > Rand E.
> > >
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > "Kinkead, Frank W" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > RE "Advice requested on a better flash for my OM-4 than my only T-20
> for
> > > > shooting a fast moving child (quicker cycle time, off camera
> > > cabability):
> > > >
> > > > Kenneth - Thanks for the additional info on the F280 and the T45. I
> was
> > > > previously thinking to acquire the F280 but it may be sometime
> before I
> > > can
> > > > get an OM-4Ti which can use it's pricey features. One other member
> on
> > > this
> > > > list did suggest a Sunpak product that had an "Om moduel". I'm
> assuming
> > > > that's a module to maintain TTL flash exposure which I certainly
> want to
> > > do.
> > > > I will look into a used T-32 and BG-2 as a combination and will
> check
> > > into
> > > > Sunpak as well.
> > > >
> > > > One more question for you and others with more flash photography
> > > experience:
> > > > Since I'll end up with at least two flashes, I want to experiment
> with
> > > > multiple flash exposure. I'm guessing that with a T-32 on the shoe
> and
> > > my
> > > > T-20 off to 45 degrees or so on a 2 meter TTL cord, maybe I can
> remove
> > > some
> > > > of the harsh rear shadowing on near backgrounds. Will my OM-4
> > > automatically
> > > > adjust exposure for two flashes going offt ? Have you any experience
> > > with
> > > > multiple flash work with OM equipment ? You own so many flashes
> that
> > > I'm
> > > > gathering this might have crossed you mind once as well.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks again,
> > > >
> > > > Chip Kinkead
> > > > St. Louis, MO
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