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Re: [OM] Why Oly is in a hole / screens & 280 flash |
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John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx> |
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Fri, 17 Jul 1998 14:04:44 -0400 |
A customer of mine just bought a black 4Ti and it had the focusing screen frame
from an OM-1, with the narrow tab cutout, so 2 series screens don't fit.
John
ONLYOLYBW@xxxxxxx wrote:
> In a message dated 7/17/98 2:14:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> VELUWEH@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Hans wrote;
> << The latter is very true indeed, but although the 2-13 may already be
> mounted in a new 3-Ti (why not in 4-Ti's, Olympus???), the "2" series
> of focusing screens certainly are not specifically designed for this
> camera - remember they fit and work without restrictions in the 2Sp, 3,
> 4 and 4Ti too. So the real upgrade was indeed to the System, not to
> this specific camera.
>
> SNIP!
> I do not own a 4Ti, but I was under the impression that "New" 4Ti's came with
> 2-13 screens. Anyone bought a new 4Ti lately. What do they come with, a
> 1-13? Is Han's understanding correct?
>
> Buddy Walters wrote;
> >You only get the addition of TTL (For those who think you also get the
> 280 SP mode. Forget it. It only works as a manual mode,GN ¦'s etc.)
>
> Hans wrote;
> The support for Super FP, using the F280 flash is a feature of the 3Ti,
> next to TTL flash support, but it works differently compared to the
> 4Ti, since the camera can only control (cut off) the flash (which can
> be done both in TTL and in Super FP mode),
>
> SNIP!
> Hans, I believe you are incorrect here. In my experience the 3Ti will not
> "cut off the flash" in Super FP mode, only in TTL mode. If it did, Olympus
> would not tell us on page 43 of the 3Ti instruction manual to "Select the
> shutter speed between 1/2000 and 1/60 sec. and aperture according to the
> chart
> on the left".
>
> but the camera can't change the shutter speed during exposure which the 4Ti
> can;
>
> SNIP!
> I started a thread on the 280 & 4T a few months ago. I was under the same
> understanding as you, that the 4T would increase shutter speed in the Super
> FP
> mode. According to many on the list here, this is not true. The 4T/4Ti (in
> auto) & 280 FP balances "cuts off" the flash light output but does not
> "increase" the shutter speed.
>
> I guess both cameras support FP without the need to carry a table or use GN's,
>
> Snip!
> I wish this was true with the 3Ti, but all pictures I have tried to take with
> the 280 set to Super FP mode came out totally over exposed. With the setting
> on TTL, all were correct. My experiences confirms what I read in the 3Ti
> manual.
>
> If anyone has some more info to add to this, please do so. I seams there is a
> lot of misinterpretation of Olympus's brochures here.
> BW
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