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Re: Collectible OM-3 condition-> was [OM] OM-1(n): mechanical

Subject: Re: Collectible OM-3 condition-> was [OM] OM-1(n): mechanical
From: Mark Dapoz <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:25:13 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Paul Farrar wrote:

> Maybe that's a difference from the 3Ti. I thought someone said the 3s didn't
> fire without battery. Anybody with a 3Ti? The 3Ti has the best TTL flash
> of any OM. It will do TTL with any syncable shutter speed, a feature that
> would be trivial to add to the 4Ti, if Olympus decided to do something that
> might encourage sales.

I seem to recall that the 3 and 3Ti both need power in order to fire the
flash.  I'm almost positive that the 3Ti needs power to do TTL flash, and I
believe the same circuit handled the X sync flash.  I've got the 3Ti schematic
at home, I'll check it later tonight.
                                -mark


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