[OM] Re: PC Sync, FP flash

[Jan Steinman]

>From: "Julian Davies" <julian_davies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>But it makes me wonder if you couldn't use the FP position to fire an F280
>on an OM2(n) via a suitably Heath - Robinsonian cable from the PC socket

What would be the purpose, other than to prove a point?

Note that FP contacts close BEFORE the shutter is fully open, to allow the 
slow-burning bulbs time to ignite to full power. That would waste a portion of 
the F280's charge.

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