Another advantage of the "potato masher" is that the flash is
farther away from the lens axis and red eye is much less of a problem.
Another out is to use a stroboframe with a small unit <g>. Then you would
need to have some kind of connection. My EOS has such a cord. Is there
one for the OM 4Ti?
Ron
>On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, John Hudson wrote:
>
>> I have an OM4T, Leica M3 and M5. Can anyone confirm whether the Olympus
>> F280 flash gun will work with all three cameras or whether the gun's
>> circuitry make this an exclusive to Olympus OM cameras.
>
> I don't know about the F280. But a T-32 would work just fine.
>I often use one on older Nikons. With such a low synch speed (yeah,
>I'm used to it with the OMs & Leica), you may want to entertain the
>balance between the size of the unit (the T-32 has the edge there)
>and a bigger, potato-masher style unit. My advice is to carefully
>consider where & why you tend to use flash, what you're willing to
>drag around, and go from there.
> For a unit lacking a hot shoe, you can get a flash block that
>hooks up to the PC. They are cheap and work perfeactly well, BUT
>carry a spare, since it is possible to break the teeny pc cord.
>
> Happy New Year's
> *= Doris Fang =*
>
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