Sounds like your camera is set to FP (flashbulbs) which fires the falsh
way before the shutter opens.
Set to X and eposy in place.
When I do any OM-1 now, I modify the flash sync, so the sync socket is
always X regardless of switch setting.
John
Dan Lau wrote:
> This past weekend, I shot a roll of Fujitsu print film (ASA 200)
> with my OM-1, I used a Sunpak flash which has its own automatic
> control. The OM-1 was set at 1/60 second, 35-70 zoom lens at F8,
> all in accordance with the calculator on the flash. However,
> when I get the prints back, all the flash shots were black, as if
> there was no flash at all. During the shoot, I can see the flash
> going off, and I put in a fresh set of batteries before the shoot.
> The flash was mounted on the hot shoe.
>
> I've used this combination of flash + OM-1 previously and never
> had any problems. So what could have gone wrong? The negatives
> were almost clear, it was as if there was no flash/light at all.
> Any ideas?
> -Dan
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