I wrote about a week ago:
>
> I went into a camera shop today to buy some film and also
> asked the salesman
> if he had any OM stuff. He went through his drawers and
> found very little
> (5m remote release for Motor/Winder), then he mentioned he
> had a non-OEM
> flash extension cable. This sounded interesting and when he
> produced it the
> configuration was as follows:
>
> camera end: T20/T32 style hot foot (including a locking
> knob)with T20/T32
> style hot shoe above.
> 4 m of cable.
> Flash end: cold foot with threaded tripod socket, T20/T32
> style hot shoe
> above.
>
> So you can mount one end on your OM-2(N) with shoe 3/4 with a
> T20/T32 flash
> on camera then have another T20/T32 up to 4m away mounted on
> another shoe or
> light stand.
>
> This seemed like a useful device so I bought it (refund if it
> doesn't work
> well).
>
> It is made in Japan by UN Company Ltd. and is called
> "Extension cord for
> dedicated flash unit". A photograph on the instruction sheet
> shows a Canon
> AE-1 and the sheet mentions that there are versions available to suit
> several cameras.
>
> The salesman said they were no longer available and that this
> one had been
> in the shop for "several years".
>
> Has anyone else seen these before ?
Well after some brief testing I discovered:
My T20 was a very tight fit in the shoes.
When T20 mounted and my OM-2n set to auto the shutter speed was not set to
1/60.
No flash ready light in viewfinder.
When flash triggered, no TTL control of flash (looked like full manual dump
based on flash recycle time).
So I returned the cable for a full refund.
I guess the advice with these is to make sure they behave correctly before
committing your cash to one.
Wayne Harridge
Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Louvre/6152/
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