I think I have tried different charging period with Ni-cd batteries,
the different is too small to be noticeable. For Alkaline battery, I
have waited for 1 minute before test (with fresh batteries).
C.H.Ling
John Hermanson wrote:
>
> Are you waiting well beyond the charge light coming on to fire the flashes?
> Often, flashes are only 75% ready when the charge light comes on.
>
> John Hermanson
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: C.H.Ling <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 8:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Flash guns for OM4T
>
> | Paul,
> |
> | Totally agree with your idea, but... I just tried again at 10 feet
> distance,
> | my two T32s only gave me F5.6 +0.5 EV. My room has white ceiling and very
> | light color wall, seems the reflection is not so effective. Tried again at
> | 1m distance, the reading is F16 +0.4 EV. In both cases still have around
> | 1.5 stop under.... I started to think that my flash meter might have some
> | problem. Does anyone have a flash meter want to join the test?
> |
> | P.S. I use a lumisphere for incident measurement, I think it should be the
> | right way. On the other hand I found using fresh alkaline batteries with
> | longer charging time, the power is 0.2-0.3 stops higher than using Ni-cd,
> | may be due to higher battery voltage.
> |
> | C.H.Ling
> |
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: Paul D. Farrar <farrar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> |
> |
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