At 10:12 4/2/02, Garth Wood wrote:
Cool. But it doesn't seem to do the one thing that Mike V. was really
interested in -- fill-in flash (unless done manually, which is what he was
'complaining' about...).
Garth
OK . . . OM series instead . . .
For the OM's it uses the SCA 321 as do *all* the other "SCA 300/3000/3200"
flash units. If you're talking about the Metz HSS capability and lack of
an SCA module specifically for the OM-4T and OM-3ti Super FP mode, I don't
blame Metz for not creating one. Metz undoubtedly determined there was an
insufficient user base of OM-4T and OM-3ti bodies to support the
non-recurring R&D, design, test and validation, and tooling costs with an
acceptable business case for the estimated market penetration (only a
percentage of OM users buy Metz "SCA module" flash units. We make nearly
weekly decisions where I work *not* to pursue some business opportunities
for the same reason. A guaranteed business case "killer" is estimated very
low volume demand combined with non-recurring costs of any size as cited above.
Perhaps I don't understand what you mean by "support" the OM series; it
certainly does, except for Super FP mode on the OM-4T and OM-3ti.
Regarding the 54 MZ-3 and Oly digitals without hot shoes (e.g. C-4040Z),
blame Olympus for designing them so the user *must* buy the flash bracket
and cord (FL-BK01 and FL-CB01) in order to use *any* external shoe mount flash.
Perhaps Paramount will eventually come up with something that fits the
Olympus digital external flash cable socket.
-- John
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