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Re: [OM] FP electronic flash

Subject: Re: [OM] FP electronic flash
From: Matthias Wilke <Matthias.K.Wilke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 15:52:06 +0200
William wrote:

>The F280 is such a flash, but it works only with Olympus cameras. There
>are several reasons why it's unlikely we'll see a "generic" flash of
>that type that would work with other cameras.
>The most-significant reason, though, is that an "FP" electronic flash
>isn't very useful. Why? Because it would be difficult to build an
>auto-exposure system for it. Here's why.

The F280 is already an auto-exposured flash, which works well in my
experience (the used time must be shorter than 1/60 !).

>In short, don't hold your breath waiting for such a flash. Several 35mm
>SLRs have X synch at 1/250, so it's unlikely manufacturers will be
>designing electronic flashes that can be used at higher speeds -- it
>would be easier to gradually upgrade the shutters in your product line.

Minolta and Nikon also use this system. A flash synch of 1/250 is also an
advantage for this technique, because the effective guide number is greater
then.

Matthias



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