Some of those old bulbs give off a whack of light. The F280, by comparison,
is feeble because Oly didn't want it to melt.
Tom
On Wednesday, January 23, 2002 at 17:24, Jon Wichman
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] OM2+flash" saying:
> The F280 has a few improvements over the FP bulbs but,
> yes, you can use shutter speeds up to 1/1000th/sec.
>
> Try *bay for bulbs? See what the cheapest/most plentyfull
> FP bulbs are and, then pick the flash-gun according to that.
>
> Actually, I should see what my friend has but, I think those are all M3's.
>
> Time you find a good flash-gun and a supply of bulbs,
> you could just suck it in and get the F280.
>
> However, if you just need it for a few occasional
> shots, it would certainly be inexpensive and fun - I think.
> Might take a little while but, if you're not in a hurry and like
> to browse through junk boxes, it would certainly be interesting.
...
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