At 18:10 24/06/99 +0000, you wrote:
>The funny thing is when you put the flash in the shoe and it is
>charged the camera seems to use about 1/60th of a second. Is this
>normal. The camera indicates about 1 second but the speed sounds
>right..
>
>Can anyone throw any light on this. I would be very grateful.
>Regards
>Graeme Arlidge
Olympus T series flashes will set the camera to 1/60 automatically when
fitted to the camera hot shoe and switched on, so yes, this is normal. From
memory, the VF indicates 1/60 as well though, so it's possible that your
broken shoe is only doing half its job! To set 1/60th when using a non-T
series flash, set the selector dial to "Manual". You'll get 1/60th even if
you don't have a manual adapter fitted - this should work with your Vivitar
283, it was fine with my Vivitar 2500. You can also use the manual setting
without the adapter to get a fixed 1/60th for normal shooting if you want -
a sort of limited manual override.
Enjoy your OM-10 - I think it's an underrated body. I've had mine for 21
years and it's never put a foot wrong... :-)
Cheers
Richard
Richard Ross
Hemel Hempstead, England
rhdesign@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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