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Re: [OM] Cordless TTL?

Subject: Re: [OM] Cordless TTL?
From: Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 21:03:04 -0500
LOL!!! Communicating in a flash!

Tom

On Monday, December 17, 2001 at 20:53, Bill Owens <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] Cordless TTL?" saying:

> The new Pentax AF360FGZ flash, which was designed around the new MZ-S camera
> seems to work in a unique way.  In wireless P-TTL mode, the camera's RTF and
> the AF360 communicate with each other via flash.  Although it's not obvious
> to see, the RTF sends a flash to the 360 to communicate the camera mode.
> The 360 in return sends a flash to the RTF to give the camera exposure data,
> the RTF again flashes again to tell the 360 when to quench, at which time
> the 360 fires for the exposure.
> 
> Bill, KG4LOV
> wowens1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 8:06 PM
> Subject: RE: [OM] Cordless TTL?
> 
> 
> > I've found 2 kinds of cordless TTL
> > - radio waves - camera make specific
> > - slaves which sense the shutoff & quench ASAP - These don't depend on a
> > particular make. Ikelite makes them
> >
> > Tom

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