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Re: [OM] what happend to my flash shots?!

Subject: Re: [OM] what happend to my flash shots?!
From: Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 01:54:41 -0500
On Thursday, January 24, 2002 at 19:21, Acer/Siddiq 
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "[OM] what happend to my flash shots?!" saying:

> I used fuji NPS and T32 w/ home made plastic piece diffuser fit in front of
> the tube. as measured by my gossen light meter, it showed a light reduction
> of about 2/3 stop, so i rounded it up to 1 stop loss. Used T32 normal auto,
> shooting distance varying between 8-12 ft mostly, 50/1.4 at f/8. the
> diffuser bit was RIGHT in front of the tube, it did not interfere in any way
> with the thrystor sensor in the "O"lympus. However, the prints came out
> muddy and basically trashed, and the negs aren't dense, meaning
> underexposure, probably by at least a stop.
> 
> what did i do wrong? 

1. Some light from the diffuser reached the sensor, shutting it off too 
soon.

2. You tried something new at a one-time important event

tOM
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