I have no documentation that says so but I would expect a 4T to fire the flash
at any speed when in manual mode. In manual mode it should do exactly what
it's told and not attempt to "help" you. Certainly an OM-1 will fire the
flash at any shutter speed. I have several wedding shots of my daughters
wedding to verify that. I had the shutter speed set accidentally at something
faster than 1/60 and part of the frame is black where it was covered by the
shutter curtain. But I guess there could be two distinct exposures if the
ambient light level was high enough for a decent exposure before the flash
fired. The demarcation should be a vertical line through the short dimension
of the film on an OM with horizontally traveling shutter curtains. EOS 5d goes
the other way.
Chuck Norcutt
> -------Original Message-------
> From: usher99@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Hep! Dr. Flash needs... um, flash help
> Sent: Dec 29 '08 03:14
>
> Thanks very much Dr. Flash--makes perfect sense.
>
> On a related note, I did manage to get a 4T to fire a flash in manual
> at a speed >1/60th and ruin a couple macro shots. (At least the image
> had two distinct exposures with a linear demarcation and I don't know
> of another malady to explain that) It had the cranky hot shoe, so some
> combination of functional/non-functional contacts should allow for
> this. No repetition of this could occur s/p EtOAc, eraser treatment.
>
> Mike
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