: Is there some system that changes the flash mode automatically at
: exposure times of 1/60s or longer? I guess there must be, otherwise
: flash durations would have to be stupidly long. So long you'd have to
: call it a floodlight, not a flashgun.
The OM-707/77 does this with the F280 - it automatically switches from Normal
Auto
(TTL/OTF) at 1/100 sec to Super FP with shorter shutter speeds when there is
enough available light. The iS-3000 and iS-300/30 do the same in their Portrait
Program although at low light levels these cameras don't use OTF but IVP (some
sort of flashmatic with a variable GN).
> N*k*n used the brute
> force method and put really expensive shutters in thier cameras to get
> high sync speeds. Olympus went the other way and addressed the flash
> end of the problem.
Olympus used the technology from Minolta. Unfortunately, they stopped further
developing it for OM after the F280 while Minolta continued. It made the Super
FP
5400HS flash with a Guide Number of no less than 54m, synchronized up to 1/8000
sec with their Dynax bodies. This is a modern professional flash whilst the F280
is an oldfashioned amateur flash. But it is the only thing Olympus can offer for
their professional OM-3Ti and OM-4Ti bodies. I think it's a joke.
Hnz
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