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Re: [OM] t8/t10 ring flashes

Subject: Re: [OM] t8/t10 ring flashes
From: Matthias Wilke <Matthias.K.Wilke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 07:57:13 +0200
>Can the cross-polarizer on T10 flash confuse metering on OM cameras?
>
>I was playing with OM macro gear that my uncle borrowed me (he, he, a 80
>F4 Macro, 135 F4.5 Macro, Macro Auto-Tube, Macro rings, T10 flash), and
>when I photographed eyes of my family (one eye per frame ;-) with
>crosspol to remove a reflex from the flash, the slides turned up way too
>dark. Well, yes, I *have* forgotten to compensate for the white of the
>eye, but I think the pictures are dark even more.
>
>Has anybody photographed eyes successfully? How?

I have photographed eyes full frame succesfully with OM-2 and TTL
flash-metering, no compenstion of exposure was necessary. Maybe you need to
open the aperture more, because the light energy which reaches the film is
strongly reduced.
Matthias



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