>I'm not for sure on this, but it seems reasonable that heat build-up
could
>quickly become a problem with a flash firing as often as the 280 does
in FP
>mode. By restricting its power reservior to the 4 "AA"'s in the
flash, it
>can be fired only so often. If it were possible to use a handle mount
(or
>worse yet, an AC adapter), it might be that Olympus (or John H.) would
start
>receiving melted F280's in the mail. Or at least that might have been
the
>fear. Other opinions? If this has been previously suggested, I
apologize
>for the bandwidth.
>\\\
Yeah, but that's why you would do some re-design or de-rate the flash
for Super FP use. Having only one flash available for Super FP duty
severely restricts the usefulness of the technology, IMHO. Heck, if
they were really serious about it, they'd team up with a studio flash
company and make Super FP available for studio/location flash work. I
think it'd be great to plug your OM4T into a Speedotron power pack and
do full syncro ttl flash. I just hate to see a really nice technology
languish as an afterthought in the marketplace. N*k*n used the brute
force method and put really expensive shutters in thier cameras to get
high sync speeds. Olympus went the other way and addressed the flash
end of the problem.
It would also be great to see Super FP in an olympus point 'n shoot.
I do believe at least one other manufacturer has licensed the
technology from Olympus, or they did a work around to get the same
result. I don't recall the brand though.
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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