Hi Joel and others
You wrote:
>Oly Shooters:
>
>While I am not terribly fond of using flash, I have a Vivitar 4600 with
>zoom head and bounce flash adapter. It is reliable on my OM-1 and with my
>OM-2S it does TTL flash fine.
>
>Should I for any reason other than product loyalty consider acquiring
>either a T-20 or T-32 flash?
>
>The one thing I don't really care for about the 4600 (aside from having to
>use it at all) is that it's a monster compared to my OM's. Nor is it
>particularly light. When I approach people with my rig it often perplexes
>and scares them. I like to shoot verticals and I acquired a Bachrach
>bracket years ago. With Vivitar's version of a duosync cord you can mount
>the flash dedicated module on the camera and the flash on the bracket and
>then rotate 90 degrees the bracket arm with flash attached to take
>verticals. Unfortunately I can't use the bounce flash adapter in that
>configuration, but I can at least get decent verticals with direct flash
>coming over the top of the camera. I would like to use bounce flash
>shooting verticals. The Vivitar flash head rotates in about 15o increments,
>so I guess I could play with the angles and practice bouncing off the
>ceiling, but I haven't tried this as yet.
>
>I am wondering if some combination of T-20 or T-32 and a bounce grip would
>give me everything I want and do so somewhat more elegantly.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Joel
You might try my solution which is light-weight and close to what every
photojournalist uses today: A bouncer/diffuser on the flash. No need for
brackets, bouncing flashes to the ceilings etc. Even works OK for vertical
shots. And there is a at least one aftermarket item taylormade for the T32;
the OmniBounce, I guess it's distributed worldwide. I would be careful to
manufacture my own, it's very hard to make these things totally
colourneutral, and the slightest casting would clearly show, at least when
you're shooting slides. As the T32 also is of the same compact design as the
OM-bodies, this combo doesn't scare your victims away.
I've used the OmniBounce extensively on the T32 with ISO 100 slide film
(always TTL) and have got perfectly, soft, smooth flashing results. People
usually comment that it is almost impossible to note there has been a flash.
Best of it all is that it so light, cheap and low-techno. Very easy to use.
Ulf Westerberg
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