Sounds to me like you're set to use focal-plane flashbulbs. Find the rotary
switch and change it from "FP" to "X".
Right guys?
Jim
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:34 AM
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> Subject: [OM] OM2+flash
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>
> I have some questions concerning flash photography with my OM-2.
>
> 1. The OM manual recommends using the camera on MANUAL, when
> taking pictures
> with a normal auto flash (I have no Olympus flash). What about using it on
> AUTO? I suppose I would get a flash in the foreground, AND a dark
> background
> would also be correctly exposed. Am I right?
> Of course, I have to use a tripod in this case.
> Is it the same as using it on MANUAL, with a long shutter
> speed (i.e. 1
> sec)?
>
> 2. I recently took some pictures with a Metz 32-MZ-3 flash for the first
> time. Although the flash did fire indeed, there is no flash
> recorded on the
> pictures!! Now, my guess would be that somehow the flash fired before the
> camera even had the chance of taking the picture (talking fractions of
> seconds here). It's the only way I can explain it.
> Did any of you encountered this kind of problem before?
> I didn't have problems with other flashes, just this one.
> Is this flash too quick for my OM-2?
>
> Thanks
> cris
>
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