Ah,
So AG I think is essentially saying to try and get the ambient 2 or 3
stops down so background doesn't get too dark and drag the shutter to
do so. HE of course can drag the shutter with the 3T AND use TTL
metering.
(jealous use of capitalizaiton ;-) ) I was always worried that hand
holding with longer lenses even if the flash is the dominant light
might lead to ghosting, but it does seem to work most of time.
Normal auto mode only has a few choices-- F4, 5.6, 8 at ASA 100) I
think the sensor is in the Oly "O".
Recycle time (and really closer to true max output in shorter time) is
of course much faster with the BG. Tim had explained the mechanism in
the past.
http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~rwesson/esif/om-sif/flashphotogroup/t32.htm
Student of Dr. Flash, Mike
> I am just curious if I set T32 at auto, but leave OM4T at manual, and
> select a shutter speed slower than 1/60, what's going to happen? Will
the T32
> fire
> at full power?
I believe it will use the built-in photo-eye.
Personally, I find that I get pretty decent and reliable results when
I put the OM4T in auto, but adjust the aperture to get an indicated
shutter speed (in auto mode) of 1/30 to 1/15. No slower than 1/8 and
no faster than 1/30. With the OTF-TTL, the camera will do a remarkable
job of properly exposing the subject without turning the background
too dark and also by keeping the exposure close, the flash recycle
times are kept shorter.
Another factor, related to this, which Dr. Flash has spouted off about
numerous times is that the T32 at full-power rarely gives you
full-power. It's much better if you can keep it within the 1/16 to 1/2
power range.
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Ken Norton
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