What does Carl Shipman say in his book ?
Anyone checked that yet ?
Peace
TMLee
----- Original Message -----
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] F280/OM4t questions
> Okay, you are forcing someone to answer, I think many people know the
answer
> but may be this is not an interesting topic, I have the F280 and a 4Ti but
> never used the <1/60s manual mode+Super FP feature:
>
> > ...What, actually, is the difference? I guess the best way to say it is:
>
> > Given a shutter speed of 1/60 or slower, what's the difference between
the
> > following:
> > flash = Super FP
> > camera = MANUAL
> >
>
> In this mode the flash is emitting a 1/25s long flash, the GN is fixed at
> 48.2-ft, it gives you a sense of motion even flash are used, which is not
> possible with normal flash which the flash duration is from 1/500s to
> 1/40000s (T32) fast enough to freeze most actions. In this setting the
> aperture has to take care with the GN-distance rule and the shutter has to
> be set to prevent the ambient light from too strong. May be starting
from -1
> stop and make some trial.
>
> > flash = NORMAL
> > camera = AUTO
>
> Simply TTL auto and which fixed the shutter at 1/60s flash sync.
>
> And the third mode is super FP - flash set at Super FP mode and camera in
> auto, shutter speed must be greater than 1/60s to trigger the flash. In
this
> mode the effectiveness (working distance) of the flash is dependent on the
> ambient light intensity. Vitally independent on the shutter, aperture and
> film speed.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Swier" <rswier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] F280/OM4t questions
>
>
> > Mike -- It's not that you missed the reply, it's that no one replied.
> Which,
> > I have to say, surprised me. Since no one seems to be able to say why
one
> > would use the f280 in super FP mode with an OM4T in manual mode with a
> > shutter speed slower than 1/60, I think that either 1) the answer is
> > painfully obvious, or 2) almost no one knows. Since at least some people
> are
> > typically willing to answer painfully obvious questions, that makes me
> think
> > its more likely that almost nobody knows the answer.
> >
> > I'm partly disappointed in Olympus for providing such inadequate
> > instructions with the F280, but perhaps the simplification of the
> > instruction book is intended to make the flash seem more user-friendly?
> They
> > should have realized that the primary consumers of System gear these
days
> > are the kind of people who will want the details.
> >
> > But more than that, I'm surprised that no one on the list seems to have
> > figured out what the difference is. It seems to me that anyone using an
> > OM4t/F280 combination would have wondered about this strange suggestion
in
> > the instruction manual, and that people seem to know enough about the
> inner
> > workings of this equipment to have figured out the answer.
> >
> > Is it really true that no one knows?
> >
> > Robert Swier
> > Rochester, NY
> >
>
>
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