Put any piece of paper at the film plane. Chose a light color, 18% gray
is best though for this kind of testing it just doesn't matter. Use any
light colored paper.
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John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Whoa,
> I thought one had to cover a contact for it to act like a OM-2 or it
> defaulted to 1/60 sec in auto? Yep, I had no film in it just to make
> sure everything fired correctly. Perhaps I need to go back to 4T
> school.
> Where do you get a test card? Testing macro flash
> configurations with light modifiers is easier looking for a green flash
> than adjusting for various light loss due to extension with a flash
> meter,
> IMO. I need to be careful to let the caps fully come up to power
> though. I burned through some film last time.
> Mike
>
>
>
> If you did a dry run (that means without film?), shutter WILL lag if
> camera is set to auto (camera reads flash off black pressure plate,
> shutter stays open). You need test card or dummy film roll loaded for
> otf.
> ___________________________________
> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
> Olympus OM Service since 1977
> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>
>
> usher99 [at] aol.com wrote:
>
> This had been a longstanding issue/irritant. Sometimes a T32 even won't
> fire but seems to especially misbehave with my T28. This summer the T28
> did not fire after much effort with my new Z. 38 macro. I even had an
> eraser in my pocket and used it prior. After disassembly of the whole
> rig and once again careful cleaning with Ethyl acetate and the
> eraser--seemed fine. Finally finished up another roll in the 4T and did
> a dry run sans film today of my latest butterfly rig in anticipation of
> an upcoming trip home----shutter seemed to lag. I estimated stayed open
> like OM-2 for 1/15 sec or so because of insufficient flash. Another
> cleaning and it seemed fine again. I had it CLA'd a few months ago and
> of course it was on its best behavior when John had it. When I put the
> T28 on an OM-2 when it didn't fire on the 4T, it was fine. This guy is
> going on flash probation. Otherwise it is fine and there is no visible
> issue with the hot shoe.
>
> Any comments appreciated.
>
> Mike
>
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