Gary, Skip;
I've just started down this road and I'm having great success. I'd
suggest either trying to remember a few key distances per aperture on
the chart, or taping a cheat sheet on the flash. Then, you have an idea
of how far away you can be before the F280 runs out of juice. You
could, it seems to me, also use this info to create fill flash ratios
smaller than 1:1 by setting the aperture 1 or 2 stops lower than that
for the distance you're at. I haven't tried that yet. I have taken a
couple of fill flash family portraits with sunset in the background and
the results are spectacular. One in particular I noted was taken at F/4
about 1/125 from about 8 feet on ASA 100. This is right around the
limit of the F280s power. There was beautiful sunset light behind the
subjects, even the sun was there - still above the horizon looking a
nice red-orange. The camera/flash did a wonderful job of balancing the
exposure.
Gary, if yours ain't firing above 1/60 (4T must be on auto and flash on
Super FP) perhaps its not making good contact in the hotshoe? I would
check that the flash is securely fastened.
I hope this helps.
George
Gary Edwards wrote:
>
> I just got one, too. I've tried using it per the OM-4T book instructions but
> I
> have yet to get it to fire in FP mode at above 1/60 s. Looking forward to the
> explanation on what I'm doing wrong.
>
> Gary Edwards
>
> Skip Williams wrote:
>
> > I just got an F280 to go with my newly acquired OM4T and, of course, it did
> > not come with an instruction book. There aren't many controls, and I see
> > that one of the switches on the back is for Super FP mode.
> >
> > My question is: How do you accomplish fill flash in Super FP mode with the
> > OM4T and the F280? Is there a way to balance the flash against ambient
> > light automatically and "manually"? In some situations I'd like only a
> > little kicker to bring out the shadows, but in other situations I'd like to
> > use the flash as the primary light source, with the ambient light filling
> > in the background.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Skip
> >
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