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RE: [OM] X/FP?

Subject: RE: [OM] X/FP?
From: Wayne Harridge <Wayne.Harridge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 19:14:51 +1000
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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