Thanks Chuck. Artificial lighting has always been a black art to me. I've
always struggled with it.
Johnie Stafford
McKinney, TX
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 12:46 PM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] OM Gear FS
>
> I should have mentioned that using a T-32 off-camera with T-cables and a
> non-OM body requires a TTL auto shoe cord. Alternatively one can use a
> standard PC cord but it will require a PC to hot shoe connector on the
flash
> end and possibly a hot shoe to PC cord connector on the camera end if the
> camera doesn't have a PC connection.
>
> Radio slaves are certainly the easiest way but also require some sort of
hot
> shoe arrangement on the flash end that's compatible with the radio slave.
> My favorite is the Paramount Cords female hot shoe to miniphone
> connector.
> <http://www.paramountcords.com/proddetail.asp?prod=PW-
> MHSF1&cat=85>
> Very ruggedly built. Fits PocketWizards and some other radio slaves such
as
> my Alien Bees units. These Paramount cord connectors are expensive but
> I've managed to find 2 of them on ebay for about $20 each.
>
> An even easier solution if you're using at least 2 flash units indoors it
to
> mount the fill flash light on the camera and then use an inexpensive
optical
> trigger to fire the main light (or any others) which are off-camera.
> <http://www.ebay.com/itm/SEAGULL-SYK-3-Hot-Shoe-Flash-Light-Remote-
> Optical-slave-Trigger-for-Canon-Nikon-
> /250888270544?pt=Camera_Flash_Accessories&hash=item3a6a1b32d0>
>
> These things are very cheap, very sensitive and very reliable. I have
some
> that look exactly like what you see in the link that I've been using for
some
> 12-15 years.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 7/28/2013 2:46 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> > Thanks, Chuck.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On 27 Jul 2013, at 19:39, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Try it. It's not hard. You can use radio slaves or even
> >> T-connectors and cables if you have them. No other OM gear required.
> >
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