Buy a Sunpak 422D for $30-40 with either the standard foot or an OT-1D
foot for OM's. It has tilt and swivel and with either foot it offers
normal auto mode and also manual control down to 1/16 power. With the
OT-1D foot it will also do TTL on the OM's. Almost as much power as a T-32.
For $15 you could also get a Vivitar 550 FD which is quite compact. It
has bounce and auto modes and will do TTL on the OM's. It has a
plethora of pins on the foot since it also supports Pentax and Minolta
TTL. Manual is like the F-280. You only get full power.
This stuff works even better with digital cameras than it did with the
20 year old film cameras it was designed for. Pop off a guesstimated
exposure, do a bit of chimping, adjust and you're cooking with gas.
Chuck Norcutt
Paul Braun wrote:
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>>It doesn't have variable power manual settings but it does have a manual
>>mode with guide number 28 (meters) at ISO 100. If you were using a film
>>camera you'd have to be content with controlling exposure completely
>>with aperture. Since you're using the E-1 you've got the ability to
>>raise and lower the ISO as well.
>>
>>I think the F-280 must have been built almost entirely for daylight fill
>>flash since, apart from long duration flash bursts, it doesn't seem to
>>have much else in the way of features or functions. It can't even
>>bounce let alone swivel. But, of course, a camera mounted fill flash
>>doesn't need to do those things.
>>
>
> Thanks, Chuck.
>
> Maybe I'll just skip the flash this trip. I'm assuming that most of
> what I'll see will be outside anyway.
>
> I love my E1. It would just be nice if accessories for it weren't so
> incredibly expensive, like the FL50 and the lenses. Need to pony up for
> the Katz-eye and really get used to using the existing OM glass.
>
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