I think the F280 was originally designed by different design team,
different from manual focus OM SLR line-up. Evidently, there was
not good communications between the applications/marketing/design
folks.
I have a F280, T32, and BG2. The T32/BG2 combination is great for
off-camera operations and with dedicated power supply coupling pins.
However in case of the F280, there is no dedicated external power
supply input pins, relying only the batteries within the F280 unit
itself. In addition, you need separate cable called something
like F0.6m TTL cord to perform off-camera strobing.
It is too bad Oly is no longer producing the T32/T20's. I confirmed
with Olympus headquarters while I was visiting Tokyo earlier this
year.
Regards,
Jim Terazawa
>
> ONLYOLYBW@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >What I do fine strange with the 280 on the bounce grip is; if there are no
> >batteries in the 280 flash, it will not fire, nor will it charge up. This
> is
> >not the case with the T32. >BW
> Frank wrote;
> In the same spot where the T-32 has a 3-fold connector to the bounce
> grip, the F-280 has only an empty hole. So there is no possibility to
> get the bounce grip high voltage into the F-280.
> Frank van Lindert
> Utrecht NL. >>
>
> Hi Frank,
> Well, leave it to you to keep us straight. I thought for a long time that the
> 280 would not charge up from the bounce grip's C batteries because I did not
> see any increase or decrease in charge up time. But, a few weeks ago someone
> said he used the 280 on his bounce grip. So, I thought I was mistaken and
> would wait until I had some dead AA's on hand to check it out. So, as usual
> you have saved us some time.
> The more I think about it. This really P***s's me off. The reputation of the
> 280 as a battery hog in Super FP mode is real enough. I think OLY could have
> at least added the "3-fold" plugs to allow the use of the bounce grip's
> battery power to reduce charge up time and extend battery life as it does with
> the T32.
> Anyway, thanks again for the bad news!
> One more OLY BUBBLE BUSTED!!!!!
> BW
>
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