It is possible for the meter reading to be off, while the shutter speed is
accurate, that is, the meter reads 1/15 or 1/30th while it is actually
firing at 1/60.
BTW, the 2S will fire the flash at any speed if set to manual.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Sharp" <jsharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OTF Flash, OM-2S vs OM-4
| My OM4 and my OM2N both seem to treat the flash the same. As long as I'm
under 1/60 the flash fires. I've been just picking an aperture that gives me
1/30 - 1/60 indicated and shooting unless I want the background underexposed
further.
|
| --
| Jim
|
|
|
| >I'm in the midst of photographing a convention this
| >week, and I'm using my "NEW" OM-4 with the Vivitar
| >5200. What I'm noticing is that when the camera is in
| >auto mode, that the flash will fire (at low level)
| >even when the ambient reading is giving me 1/30-1/60.
| >
| >My OM-2S hasn't been firing the flash unless the
| >ambient reading is 1/15 or slower. Is my OM-2S
| >mis-controlling the flash? The two bodies are
| >definitely handling OTF flash differently.
| >
| >Ken N.
| >
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