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Re: [OM] re: OM-1 X vs. FP Flash Switch

Subject: Re: [OM] re: OM-1 X vs. FP Flash Switch
From: Pauls0627@xxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 07:41:47 EDT
In a message dated 5/8/99 2:05:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, omtech@xxxxxxxxx 
writes:

> Has anybody tried an F280 on a 1 or 1N to see how it behaves with the camera
>  on FP?  I'd be interested.
I suspect it would fire the flash too early. FP synch fires the bulb a 
significant time (something like 30-60ms I think) before the FIRST curtain 
opens, allowing time for the bulb to ignite to full brightness. The bulb 
stays lit until the second curtain closes.

For super FP flash I believe the flash is triggered just as the first curtain 
begins to open. To use the F280 on an OM-1 you'd need some sort of delay 
circuit in between, I suppose.

Paul Schings
Coventry, RI

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