Thank you so much, John I greatly appreciate your help! Questions answered!
John
----- Original Message -----
From: John A. Lind <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Another lurker emerges! F-280 with OM-2 (Shoe 3), OM-2n,
OM-2s
> At 21:09 2/11/00 , I wrote:
> >Yes. The difference will be that the "C" cells in the Bounce Grip 2
cannot
> >charge the F280; it will only be able to run off its interal "AA" cells.
> >The F280 has a pocket where the connection would be made with the grip,
but
> >no pins. In "NORMAL" it functions TTL OTF with your OM-2[n,S] bodies.
> >
> >-- John
>
> One additional thought came to mind! It has been a while since I had an
> F280.
>
> An F280 in combination with the Bounce Grip 2 and an OM-2[n,S]. Its
> Synchro Socket is 7 pin, and is different (incompatible) with the Synchro
> Socket on the Bounce Grip 2 and the OM-2S:
>
> 1. Connect the Bounce Grip 2 Synchro Socket to a TTL Auto Connector 3 on
> the OM-2, or a TTL Auto Connector 4 on the OM-2n, or the Synchro Socket on
> the OM-2S, using one of the TTL Auto Cord T #.##m (probably the 0.3m or
> 0.6m). This allows TTL OTF with the F280, but it cannot be dismounted
from
> the Bounce Grip 2 shoe. You would have to dismount the handle from the
> base plate and leave the flash in the grip shoe to operate TTL OTF.
>
> 2. Connect the Bounce Grip 2 Synchro Socket to a Shoe 3 on the OM-2, or a
> Shoe 4 on the OM-2n, or the hot shoe on the OM-2S, using the TTL Shoe Cord
> #.##m (probably the 0.6m). Note this is the shoe cord for the "T" series,
> *not* the shoe cord for the Quick Auto 310 flash. You would have to
> dismount the handle from the base plate and leave the flash in the grip
> shoe for TTL OTF to work.
>
> 3. Connect the F280 Synchro Socket to the hot shoe (Shoe 3 on the OM-2,
> Shoe 4 on the OM-2n, hot shoe on the OM-2S) with the 7 pin TTL Auto Cord
> F0.6m. This would allow you to remove the flash from the Bounce Grip 2
> handle and still operate TTL OTF.
>
> 4. Use the PC cord on the Bounce Grip 2 to connect to the PC socket on
the
> OM-2[n,S] body. On the OM-2[n] the switch on the body must be in the "X"
> position. However, with this scheme you will have to use the F280 in
> MANUAL mode, at full power, using guide numbers to set the aperture.
>
> Whew! I hope I got that right. Had to game out in my mind the
> combinations of connectors and shoes to hook it all together.
>
> -- John
>
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