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Re: [OM] Om2/shoe2 and T32 flash cut-off

Subject: Re: [OM] Om2/shoe2 and T32 flash cut-off
From: "Bj\xrnar R\xnningen" <etobjr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 08:53:53 +0100
By the way, how many pins has the shoe 3?
My shoe 2 has 1 in center of the fixing screw and 1 behind it.
R. Wastell wrote:

> The Shoe 3 is for OM-2 and Shoe 4 is for OM-2N and OM-1N. Both provide
> TTL Auto Flash capability (not with OM-1N of course). The difference
> is in the position of the contact pins that go down into the top of
> the prism housing. On the Shoe 4 they are side by side and on the Shoe
> 3 fore and aft. I believe the Shoe 2 was for the 310 on the OM-2.
>
> Bob
>
> ----------
> From:   John Petrush[SMTP:jpetrush@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:   Monday, January 26, 1998 4:37 PM
> To:     olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:        Re: [OM] Om2/shoe2  and T32 flash cut-off
>
> Ummm......I believe the type 3 shoe is for the 310 flash.  The
> T-series use
> the type 4.
>
> John P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank van Lindert <lindertv@xxxxxxx>
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, January 26, 1998 5:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Om2/shoe2 and T32 flash cut-off
>
> >On Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:29:48 +0100, "Bj\xrnar R\xnningen"
> ><etobjr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>I have a OM-2 with hotshoe 2 and a T32-flash.  Can I modify my
> hotshoe
> >>to make my camera cut off the flash when there is enough light on
> the
> >>film? If I use my Power Bounce Grip 2 with 5-wire cable and type 3
> >>connector, the camera cuts the flash correctly.
> >
> >It is almost impossible to modify this shoe-2 yourself but,
> >fortunately, Olympus made the modification for you.
> >Buy a hotshoe type 3....
> >
> >Frank.
> >
> >
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