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Re: [OM] T-32 Fill Flash Outdoors

Subject: Re: [OM] T-32 Fill Flash Outdoors
From: PCACala@xxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 23:47:05 EDT
Chip writes:

> Does anyone have some tips on using T-20/T-32 for fill flash outdoors?  I
>  have an OM-4 ; no OM-4T. 

The first thing is to choose a film that allows shutter speeds at or below 
1/60th sec.  That is pretty much ISO 25 and 50 speed films.

Next, you have to control the flash distance to get 1/2 to 1/4 of correct 
exposure with the flash unit, at the aperture you choose.  You are pretty 
well restricted to f/16 if you are in bright sunlight.  The neutral density 
filters on the T-32 can help if you are really close (e.g., macro work).  In 
practice, you aren't going to be able to work much further than 1:10 
magnification.  That is due to the limitations of the 1/60th sync speed, one 
of the OM systems Achilles Heels.

Check the List archives from last year.  I posted a table of manual flash 
settings to get 1/2 flash fill with a 50mm macro or 135mm macro and a T-32 
flash.

Gary Reese
Las Vegas, NV

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