Mike wrote:
>
> I know I'm getting way off on a tangent here, but why FP
> "Focal Plane" flash
> bulbs? What has putting the flash on the focal plane got to do with
> anything? Surely they would work just as good off the Focal
> Plane? (I love
> knowing the origins of the markings on my OM-2... and I had
> assumed that FP
> stood for Flash Bulb, but in another language! in fact I'm
> sure I've told
> people this! oops.)
>
Yeah, and it's called a PC socket because PC stands for Flash Unit (in some
other language).
My Mamiya TLR lenses have "M" and "X" sync settings, what do "M" and "X"
stand for ?
Wayne Harridge
Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Louvre/6152/
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