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Subject: [OM] OM-2 Hot Shoe Question
From: "Chris O'Neill" <coneill@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 20:56:37 -0600
Hi, gang!

I'm slightly confused!  (Nothing new for me, really, so please bear with 
me!)  I just bought an OM-2 on e-Bay, and it doesn't have a hot shoe.  
So, I trotted down to my local used camera store, and asked for a Shoe 3 
because that's what the Unofficial Olympus Sales Info Site says I need in 
order for my T-20 to work properly.  The used camera sales guy pulls out 
an OM-2 manual (which I also didn't get with the camera) and says, "Let's 
check just to be sure."

Lo and behold, the OM manual states the OM-2 uses a Shoe 4 to attach a 
T-32 or T-20 flash.  So, used camera guy pulls out a Shoe 4 but when we 
try and attach it to the body we notice that it has two little pins for making 
the electrical connection to the body, and the body only has one little hole 
to accept the pin.  Huh?!?!?

So, we dig around in his Olympus "goodies" box and finally dredge up a 
Shoe 3 that's kinda beat-up and cracked.  We attach not-so-hot Shoe 3 
to the body, and then attach my T-20 (that definately works because I 
use it all the time on my OM-10).

We have some problems getting the T-20 to flash (works sometimes, but 
not always), which I attribute to the shoe being not-so-hot.  But, the light 
in the viewfinder won't light-up at all, and it doesn't appear that the T-20 
and the body are working automatically together.  (And I have the 
calculator reversed like it should be, so that's not it.)

(Sigh!!!!)

So, here's the question...  Which shoe *does* the OM-2 require to get 
the T-20 to work properly???  Shoe 3???  Shoe 4???  Also, if the Shoe 3 
is the right one, am I correct in thinking that the reason the T-20 doesn't 
flash all the time is probably because the Shoe is beat-up and cracked?  
Or, is it possible that the body has a problem????

Oh, yeah, I guess I should also say that the T-20 flashes all the time 
when it's attached to the OM-2 using a bounce grip and a flash cord.  
That's why I kinda figure the problem was with the Shoe 3.

Thanks, in advance, for any help you can offer.

Regards,

Chris

P.S.  If anyone cares to check-out my photos taken with my OM-10, 
please feel free to take a look at:

http://www.nucleus.com/~coneill/mypictures/index.html

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Chris O'Neill (coneill@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Web:  http://www.nucleus.com/~coneill

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