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Re: [OM] OM-10, Bounce Grip 2, & Flash questions

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-10, Bounce Grip 2, & Flash questions
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 16:56:45 -0500
At 16:07 4/1/02, Linda Hobbs asked:

Currently, I have only an OM-10 and need to know whether a bounce grip 2 can be used on an OM-10. If so, what do I need (cords, connectors, etc.) to use the BG2 and a T20 flash on the OM-10?

Yes.

To automatically switch the camera over to the X-Sync shutter speed and show the "flash ready" lamp you need a "TTL Auto Shoe Cord T 0.6" to connect the BG2 with the camera hot shoe. It's the spiral cord shown here with the hot shoe foot at one end that has _THREE_CONTACTS_; the _FIVE_PIN_ connector on the other end plugs into the BG2:
  http://olympus.dementia.org/eSIF/om-sif/flashphotogroup/ttl_auto_cords_t.htm

NOTE!
Don't confuse this cord with two others:
  TTL Auto Cord F0.6m
  ONLY for use with the F280 flash; WON'T plug into BG2!
  This cord looks identical except the foot
  has five contacts and the connector has 7 pins.
    http://olympus.dementia.org/eSIF/om-sif/flashphotogroup/ttl_auto_cord_f.htm

  TTL Auto Cord 0.6m
  ONLY for use with the Quick Auto 310
  and OM-2 with Shoe 2.
  Cord has smaller foot and a different plug.
    http://olympus.dementia.org/eSIF/om-sif/flashphotogroup/ttl_auto_cord.htm

Without this cord you can use the PC cord built into the BG2, but you need a "generic" hot shoe to PC adapter that can be bought at a camera store for about $10 (no PC socket on the OM-10). Using this method, the camera won't automatically switch over to X-Sync shutter speed when the flash is turned on and the viewfinder "flash ready" light will not illuminate. To switch the OM-10 into the X-Sync speed, put the mode selector into the MANUAL ADAPTER position *without* the manual adapter plugged into the camera (if you have one). Operation using this method is the same as using a "third party" generic flash, instructions for which are buried at the back of the instruction manual almost as an afterthought. [BTW, the OM-10's default shutter speed with the mode switch in the Manual Adapter position *without* a manual adapter plugged in is 1/60th second, a factoid buried in the camera specs.]

Operate the T-20 Normal Auto mode as you normally would with ot in the OM-10 hot shoe.

Secondly, what cords, connectors, etc. are needed for the BG2 if the flash were a T32 instead of the T20?

Same cord, and same operation as with the T-20. The T-32 also has a TTL socket on the side, so instead of plugging the Shoe Cord into the the base of the BG2, you could optionally plug it into the TTL socket on the side of the T-32. Otherwise, the T-32 is simply a more powerful "big brother" to the T-20 (also has a tilting head for bounce, and the selector switch under the calculator panel has _three_ Normal Auto aperture positions, and _two_ Manual mode positions).

If it's compatible with the OM-10, my plan is to purchase a bounce grip 2 and a T32 flash. If the bounce grip 2 is not compatible, I'll just get a T32 flash to use directly on the OM-10 until later when I purchase a body that accepts the BG2.

-- John


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