Jay Drew wrote
>
> Forgive me, OM content.
>
How dare you! 8^)
> I was doing some macro work with a winder 2 and a T28 that had the control
> head
> off camera via a TTL and T20 connector. I had a flash mis-fire or two due
> to
> the TTL cable not being fully seated in the camera. A number of shots
> later as
> I was shooting, no flash again. The cable seemed to be firmly seated. It
> then
> dawned on me that I had tried to shoot a couple of shots at the end of the
> roll.
> Does the camera (a 4T) and a Winder 2 figure out it's at the end of the
> roll and
> prevent the flash from firing?
>
Can't help you with this question, however, I'm wondering why you were
shooting with the control head off camera in the first place? Just curious.
> Second question, just of passing interest concerning the Winder 1 vs 2.
> The Olympus FAQ at:
> http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/olympus.faq.html#ques_F4
>
> states:
>
> "A more subtle difference is that there is a difference in the operating
> voltage at the electrical contacts between the Winder 1 and the
> Winder 2, which prevents some *but not all* Winder 1 units
> from working with later models, esp. the OM-{2S, 4(T)}"
>
I'm not sure if it's voltage related, but I've had problems with using
either Winder on my OM-2S. The camera is pretty stiff to wind, at least
compared to my OM-1. For about the first half of the roll it works fine, but
starting around frame 14 the winder doesn't have enough power to fully
advance the film. This results in having to finish advancing the film
manually, at which point I usually stop using the winder. This seems to be
worse with the Winder 2, as it had this problem no matter the age of the
batteries. However, the Winder 1 worked pretty well when the batteries were
fresh, but the problem has slowly returned as the batteries wear down. I'm
thinking of picking up an M.6V Power Pack 2 to see if that makes any
difference.
Hope that's of some use to you,
Darin
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