As mentioned in other threads, the 310 has a very high trigger coil voltage
(90V), so it is not recommended that it be used on an E-10 or 20, or even on
a duo sync cord (designed without flash specs taken into consideration) on
OM bodies.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 6:08 PM
Subject: [OM] ( OM ) QA310 flash units
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm writing this in the middle of doing other chores and pondering over
what I
> just read in the two digests that came in overnight.
>
> Somebody (was it Damon?) asked about the QA310 flash, and there was a
> reply to the effect (among other things) that the plastic on the Quick
Auto
> 310 flashes would be getting rather brittle by now.
>
> And I remembered that there were two things that made me decide 30 years
> ago in favour of OM, when I was getting out of Exacta and Contaflex. One
> was the OTF exposure measurement of the OM10 and the OM2, and the
> other was the camera control of the QA310 flash, available in the OM2.
>
> The QA310 is a powerful flash. I have three of them and their bodies show
> NO signs at all of impending osteoporosis. I have just loaned one to my
> daughter who has buzzed off on a 3-4 week jaunt (having first fixed a
> Dymotape label underneath which reads "No NICADS. Ever".).
>
> I still think they are great, and haven't yet felt a strong enough urge to
shell
> out for a T45 or a T32 in lieu. I'm thinking of a F280 tho'
>
> Brian
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