Yes, it will work. The technique is called "Painting"
Rand E.
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"Roger D. Key" wrote:
>
> It seems to me that this 'feature' of the OM-2 means that one can use the
> OM-2 to take a flash photo of a large dark interior, where a T32 will not
> be powerful enough. One can run around flashing (!) the T32 at different
> areas, until the OM-2 has had sufficient light to complete the exposure.
>
> Would that work?
>
> Roger Key
>
> The OM2 on auto will open the shutter with no idea of what shutter speed it
> is going to use. If the second curtain is still open when the first curtain
> completes its run, the X sync circuit fires the flash. The light from the
> flash is added to ambient. When there is sufficient total light, the second
> curtain starts to close. The back EMF from the magnet is used to quench the
> flash, *if the flash is still alight*. This is why the operation is
> different for the pre N, as it doesn't distinguish between flash and non -
> flash operation. The shutter speed actually used could be anything between
> 1/60th and 2 minutes (or more in most cases), with or without flash.
>
> Julian
>
> > from: Robert Gries <rgg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 18:48:13
> > to: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > subject: Re: [OM] OM-2 flash operation
> >
> > All this flash talk has me wondering about the early version on the
> > OM-2. if one has it set on AUTO for a speed below 1/60, will it use
> > that shutter speed, then control the flash output? I know that the -2n
> > will automatically go to 1/60, but does the earlier -2 have this
> > slow-sync feature?
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Bob
>
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