Are you sure you had a T32 in 76? I started at Olympus late 77 and there
were only 300s and 310s floating around then.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2n (Was: Tom Scales - Random observations about myphoto
trek.)
| Steve,
|
| I think you have some of your timing off. I agree the OM-2 came with the
| QA310 first (Shoe 2), but the T series flash came well before the 1n and
2n.
| The OM-2 with the Shoe 3 is for the T32. I know I had a T32 with Bounce
| Grip2 in 1976, before the 2n was a gleam in anyone's eye.
|
| So, the earliest OM-2 bodies handled the T32 just fine. To go off camera
| you needed a TTL Autoconnector 3 (which I had).
|
| It's a quirky design, using a screw on shoe or TTL connector, but works.
I
| don't find them as fragile as most people. It works especially well with
| the T20.
|
| OK, so I use the 4T for flash most of the time.
|
| Tom
|
| From: "Steve Goss"
|
| > I don't think that Olympus forgot to install the TTL connector on the
| OM-2. It
| > probably had not been invented yet. Remember, when the OM-2 was created,
| the
| > big flash was the QA310, which did not use the TTL connectors. The T32,
| etc.,
| > didn't come out until the OM-1N and OM-2N arrived. At that point, they
| probably
| > made room for the flash circuitry, but didn't have any space left over
for
| the
| > connector.
| >
| > And yes, I think they designed the OM-1 and OM-2 flash shoes were
designed
| as
| > "crumple zones". The TTL Connectors are too, but since they don't have a
| flash
| > cantilevered off them, they are less at risk.
| > To paraphrase Paul VanTul, and risk the wrath of the list, I have one on
| > ebay... Maybe I'd better line my monitor with asbestos too.
| >
| > Thanks, Steve Goss, Dallas Tx usa
|
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