Re: [OM] Flash foul-up, what happened?

[Chuck Norcutt]

Interesting question.  How do you meter a flash bulb?  Would a modern 
meter see a 1/60 second long burn flash bulb as "flash" or as "ambient" 
or maybe neither?

I looked around for Dr. Flash but he's nowhere to be found.  He'd 
probably be embarrassed that he doesn't know the answer.

Chuck Norcutt


usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Mike,
>     I've heard of people putting the sync switch on X then applying a 
> small
> dab of Loctite. A permanent fix (and who uses flashbulbs anymore); but 
> you
> may want to run that by John first; a fix like that is likely to give 
> him a
> case of the willies.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> 
> Thanks Charlie,
> John mentioned some doohickey to prevent a repeat performance.  I'd 
> rather have a root canal.
> 
> Come to think of it there is likely a substantial  stash of FP 
> flashbulbs &bracket  at my childhood home in NY state.  I will be going 
> there soon
> to help my Mom with landscaping.  Perhaps I can rig a superpowered F280 
> equivalent for the OM-2 if I can figure out the output at
> various speeds .  On second thought, sounds quite cockamamie.
> Mike
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