All flashes that feature thyristor type control, have a sensor of this
type to read light reflected back to the camera.
John
Acer Victoria wrote:
>
> On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>
> >At 12:21 PM 4/30/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >>On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, John Hermanson wrote:
> >>>It's in th "O" of Olympus.
> >> What is this sensor for? FWIW, I use an OM1n with it
> >In auto mode, it tells the flash to quench when the sensor determines that
> >there is enough light. With the OM-1n you'll utilize it in the two auto
> >modes on the T20 or three on the T32.
> Oh? I thought about that, but the OM1n doesn't have TTL flash
> capability, so am I correct in guessing the T32 is uses this sensor for a
> pseudo-TTL flash?
>
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