My E-1 came with the little FL-20, which is tiny, cute, weighs next to nothing,
and would probably handle 75% of my flash needs, excluding macro. After about
five months with it, I could stand it no longer and jumped over the FL-36 and
went straight for the FL-50.
Why? you ask. Well, part of the answer may be that I'm too easily impressed by
big guide numbers, having for years had two T45s. Secondly, the FL-50, with
the neat little built-in wide panel thingy flipped down and the zoom button
appropriately engaged, will cover the FOV of an 8mm lens. Actually, I've tried
it with the 7-14 at 7mm, and it comes close enough for Walt work, with just a
tad of corner and edge fall-off, resulting in kind of a poor man's artsy-fartsy
vignetting.
I'm not aware of the FL-36's capabilities, and it may do pretty much the same
thing, but with a little less oomph! And oomph! is sometimes the most
important thing.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Dan Mitchell <danmitchell@xxxxxxxx>
> > Looking at getting an Olympus flash for the E-500. Is there a HUGE
> > difference
> between
> > the FL-36 and FL-50 that might warrant me to spend the extra $200.00 for
> > the
> FL-50? I
> > am not a heavy flash user, however I would like try those slow sync shots
> using the
> > flash.
>
> Search the archives of the Olympus SLR forum on dpreview.com for a
> heck of a lot of people asking this question.
>
> They're functionally identical, everything the FL-50 can do, the FL-36
> can also do -- the FL-36 just doesn't recycle as fast or reach as far.
> The FL-36 is apparently fine for the majority of everyday use, the FL-50
> is that bit heftier (physically as well as flash-wise) if you think
> you'll need it.
>
> Comparing to OM series, the FL-50 gives marginally less output than a
> T-32 at the widest setting, but as soon as you start to zoom in, it wins
> out.
>
> -- dan
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