If you can't focus it, sounds like serious mirror alignment problems
(possibly resulting from impact).
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Brian P. Huber <bphuber@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 11:23 PM
Subject: [OM] RE: [OM4 at Columbus Camera]
> There is an OM-4 on eBay from Columbus Camera. Don't buy it! The focus
is
> messed up, something to do with correcting the diopter. With a normal
lens
> on it, I could never get it focus, no matter how much I turned the diopter
> correction.
>
> Brian P. Huber
> bphuber@xxxxxxxxxx
> Troy, OH
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Tom Trottier
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 11:37 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Red Eyes
>
> You can also tilt the T32 bulb upward & attach white cardboard or
> plastic material at an angle to bounce the light forward. This will
> provide a larger light source for fuzzier shadows & move it upwards
> several centimeters to avoid red-eye.
>
> Also, using TTL with a wide aperture will reduce the flash effect &
> therefore the red-eye effect. I do this ordinarily since it results in
> more natural, non-flash, looking fotos. It also results in longer
> battery life for the flash batteries & shorter recycling times.
>
> Tom
>
> > Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 16:16:04 +0000
> > From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [OM] Red Eyes
> >
> > At 14:58 5/31/99 , Ángel Lobo wrote:
> > >I´ve never obtain "red eyes" on a photograph with my OM gear.
> > >Usually, I shot portraits with fixed focal lenses, T 32 or T45 and OM
4.
> > >But last week I have abundant red eyes with Om 4 + T 32 (on the body)+
> > >35-105 + FujiReala.
> > >
> ...
> > Another red-eye reduction scheme is flash diffusion. The T-32 does have
a
> > tilt feature and if the ceiling is low enough (and light enough) you can
> > try a slight tilt upwards to diffuse some of the light by reflecting it
> > from the ceiling. Since the T-32 has quite a bit of output, this should
> ...
> > - -- John
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