Mark,
Never used the FP setting myself. As I understand it, a flash bulb
needed a certain amount of time to build to the full output of light.
The FP setting would touch off the bulb ahead of time, so the full light
output of the bulb would be available when the shutter opened.
Bill Stanke
"M. Royer" wrote:
>
> I know this sounds really dumb, but what IS the
> difference between all these different syncs. What
> exactly is FP sync? How is it any diffrent from X and
> what makes X so special. Pardon my ignorance. I've
> only ever used T-flashes
>
> Mark Lloyd
>
> --- Michael Darling ?cosmo@xxxxxxxxxx? wrote:
> ? In the past I've put a small drop of Locktite or
> ? some other thread-lock
> ? medium on that switch to keep it set to X. I NEVER
> ? use FP sync, and AFAIK
> ? never want to.
> ?
> ? Haven't had any problems since! :)
> ?
> ? Mike
> ?
> ?
> ? on 1/23/02 7:17 AM, pirjol at
> ? pirjol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> ?
> ? ?? Sounds to me like you're set to use focal-plane
> ? flashbulbs. Find the
> ? ? rotary
> ? ?? switch and change it from "FP" to "X".
> ? ?? Jim
> ? ?
> ? ? As I read this, I was thinking: "Of course it was
> ? on X, I'm not that
> ? ? dumb...".
> ? ? And I went over to my OM and stared completely
> ? stunned... The switch was on
> ? ? FP!!! Oh my God! I can't believe I could do such a
> ? mistake!
> ? ?
> ? ? All along, I was thinking of various explanations,
> ? when it actually was so
> ? ? simple!
> ? ?
> ? ? Thanks very very much.
> ? ? Next time I'll double check.
> ? ? cris
>
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