I think the moving rhomboid moves under the speed that would be used without
flash.
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On 12/4/08 2:15 AM, "Fernando Gonzalez Gentile" <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> OK - this makes perfect sense, doubtlessly. It's just like the 2n.
>
> I tape the contact for Auto mode use ( no consequences when on Manual
> mode, when I use it for fill flash. One wouldn't be able to make fill-in
> locked at 1/60, mixing ambient light.) - because I'm one of those who
> think Olympus should have kept things as the old - plain 2 did.
>
> ***So - why, why does the display show a double arrow pointing '60' in
> Manual mode, while the romboid will move around over and under the sync
> speed.*** - This was what lead me to think what I wrongly wrote before,
> but it's time to sleep for me too, and won't check it untill tomorrow.
>
> Or did I dream about those arrows ? - doubt it, I felt surprised to
> discover them ...
>
> Oh, no ... it's 4 a.m., I feel hungry and cold - but will go downstairs
> and check it, otherwise I will suffer another insomnia episode.
>
> About the 4T and 3Ti opposite behaviour, this is how I always understood it.
>
> Fine, I knew something should stop me from doing weird things in Lab
> mode ;^)
>
> Fernando.
>
> Chris Crawford wrote:
>> Paul's right. I just confirmed it with my OM-4T and a T20 and an F280. You
>> don't need to cover any contacts for the use of slow shutter speeds in
>> manual mode...if the camera is in manual, you get the shutter speed you set.
>> TTL does not work in manual on the OM-4T, though it does on the 3Tisince the
>> 3Ti is manual only but offers TTL auto for flash! I think the original OM-3
>> did not have TTL flash.
>>
>
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