Good points Tom. Hmm...also, sounds like something that should be
experiented with ;)
Now, out to get some cheap slave-flashes somewhere....
--thomas
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Tom Trottier wrote:
> On Monday, March 18, 2002 at 22:03, T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote re "RE: [OM] OM 2n for studio flash " saying:
>
> > Actually, I've been considering this. Shouldn't the OTF
> > "auto-dynamic" light metering features of OM2 take this into account? At
> > least, if the majority of the light does not come from the slaves?
>
> The OTF doesn't kill the slaves (unless they're pricy Ikelites - see
> http://www.ikelite.com/web_pages/lite_link.html ), just the T32s. You would
> have have the slaves set to provide the amount of light you wanted relative
> to the main exposure.
>
> The lighting ratio between t32s (& Ikelite slaves) would be determined by
> their distances.
>
> Whether the T32 took into account the slaves' contribution would be
> determined by the timing of the majority of the light. If most slave light
> follows the T32 quench, then it wouldn't be counted by the T32.
>
> Tom
>
> > I'm thinking something along the line of 1-3 T32's with TTL-cable, and a
> > couple of smaller "fill-flash" remote-triggered slave-like devices?
> >
> > --thomas
> >
> > On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > Or GN calculations & experience.
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > > On Saturday, March 16, 2002 at 21:01, James N. McBride
> > > <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote re "RE: [OM] OM 2n for studio flash " saying:
> > >
> > > > If you are using remote triggered slaves that are not controlled by the
> > > > camera you really need the flash meter. You must assure that the slaves
> > > > do
> > > > not overpower the camera units in a manner that causes the camera to
> > > > not be
> > > > able to control the exposure. /jim
>
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