Henry;
In aperture priority mode, I'm pretty sure **you** need to make sure (via the
aperture ring) the shutter speed is <= 1/60th or the flash won't fire.
George
At 02:49 PM 6/3/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Does anyone have any idea as to why my recently acquired OM-2s won't
>trigger a flash (via pc socket or hotshoe) unless it's in Manual/Spot mode?
> I tried it with a Vivitar 4600 with an Olympus dedicated module (tried on
>the hotshoe) and a Vivitar 283 (tried on the hotshoe and with a pc cord).
>
>I'm assuming that with the Vivitar 4600 and the OM dedicated module, the
>camera's shutter speed should automatically be set at 1/60 in both Program
>and Auto mode when the flash is fully charged. However, that is not the
>case. This could be a problem with the OM module which I also recently
>bought 2nd hand but I doubt it since the flash fails to fire unless it's in
>Manual/Spot with both the 4600 and 283.
>
>If anyone has experienced this problem, was it repairable (i.e. parts still
>available) and if so, was it expensive? Thanks!
>___________
>Regards,
>
>Henry -----> hldevo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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