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Subject: [OM] New Olympus user puzzled about which flash to buy?
From: roy.bennett@xxxxxxxxxx (roy.bennett@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 11:27:50 +0100
I have recently become the proud owner of an OM1n, which I intend to use
for a photography course I am attending. Consequently, I have a lot of
questions that I hope someone can answer!

Reading my manual, it seems the best flash unit for my camera is the T32.
This gives me X synch speeds of 1/60sec or slower. Would a newer model
improve on this or am I stuck with this maximum synch? BTW, can someone
explain FP flash - it is mentioned in the manual as synch-ing up to
1/1000sec.

I have three lenses; 28mm f2.8, 50mm f1.8, and 135mm f2.8.

A local shop has a 28mm f2 for sale in excellent condition. Would there be
much benefit in trading in my 28mm f2.8 for the f2? 

The 50mm has two or three black specks of dust (or something) which seem to
be between the lenses. Will this affect my pictures? And if so, can these
specks be removed?

Here in not so sunny Wales I am pushing it to get shutter speeds of 1/125.
When using the 135mm this risks camera shake when hand held, as the OM1n
has no intermediate speed between 1/125 and 1/250. Would I be better off
changing this lense for the 100mm f2.8?

And finally, the same shop has a 28-48 f4 lense for sale. As most of my
photography is landscape stuff, is this a good 'all-in-one' compromise when
travelling light?
 
Photography, so far, is a mystery to me. I hope someone can throw some
light on it sometime - preferably at a high synch speed.


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