I hate that. Could be asa was set incorrectly on flash, or wrong f stop
on lens. Or, worst case, the sync switch on the body could be set to FP
instead of x which would cause the flash to go on and off before the
shutter opens.
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usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Just checked with the manager of the lab I use. She did not quite have
> everything ready due to trouble with their Frontier, but
> noted that much of the Portra 160 roll was underexposed beyond salvage
> due to a flash issue. Whaattt???? Jolt of disappointment went through
> me
> as my out of town guests will not have nearly as nice prints this year.
> I have some digital back-ups but the potential best where in the OM.
> Nothing fancy used either. OM-2 in manual with V283 on a bracket with
> remote cord on the usual yellow for use with F4. I use a Lumiquest
> thingie and sometimes
> trigger an additional bounce flash via yabe radio remote to help in a
> long room. Manager said no sign of exceeding synch speed , so
> accidental bumping
> of shutter speed not an issue and wouldn't lead to this result anyway.
> I did use a Tam 35-105 and sometime the Z. 85 F2 ro Z 50 1.4. The
> aperture
> ring (only on the Tamron) would bind on the front of the bracket
> sometimes if I didn't mount it far enough in front. I can't imagine
> DOF preview getting bound up
> at F11 w/o noticing it. I usually check for the adequate expose signal
> on the flash once with a test flash but then the Lumiquest thingie
> covers it up.
>
> Dropped everything after the call:
> Checked the flash with the sensor in the flash and not remotely, but
> auto mode seems grossly OK. Mounted the OM-2/Tam combination on the
> bracket, but could not
> reproduce any issue except the binding of the aperture ring as expected
> if not positioned properly. Could the sensor send a quench signal so
> prematurely that I wouldn't notice something was up? Perhaps bumped
> the aperture ring 3 stops and didn't notice even changing lenses?
> Was able to snipe a very reasonable Metz MZ-3 and already had the OM
> shoe but had to clean the contacts to get it to work. I wanted simple
> and reliable with little chance of foul-ups.
> Excuse me while I enter sulk mode.
>
> Dr. Ineffective Flash
> Mike
>
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