Hmmm,
What are you drinking, Tom? ;-)
Sipping Sambuca here.
I have 2 OM dedicated Sunpak flashes. Auto 30DX and Auto 433D. The flashes
are essentially the same. The 30 has a bulkier base supporting the shoe that
appears interchangeable and marked OT-1D "For Olympus OM02-1N-10 Cameras and
all other hot shoe mount regular cameras". The 433 has no OM markings on it.
Both have 3 contact hot shoes. The 30 has a lit button marked 'auto off
reset'. This flash apparantly has an energy saving shutdown mode. Both have
switchable power from full-1/2-1/4-1/8-1/16. Both will run from an AC HV
connector. Both have 'auto ok' light and 'ready/test' light/button. Both
have swivel/tilt heads and seem to be from the same castings in every way.
Now Tom, here's what you want to know: On the back there are 5 slider
settings.
1. Manual (Full dump)
2. Red 'A' (smallest aperture)
3. Yellow 'A (mid aperture)
4. Green 'A' (largest aperture)
5. Blue flash (TTL mode)
With the flash handheld and not connected to an OM, the #1 and 5 settings
result in a full dump. 2-4 result in decreasing amounts of light when
pointed at the same subject.
With both flashes in mode 5, the flash ready light on the OM-2SP lights when
the flash is ready, but that light doesn't indicate sufficient flash
illumination as it would with a T series flash. The 'auto ok' indicator on
the flash back tells you if there was enough light. The over/under
indicators in the viewfinder do react if the exposure is not correct.
Also remember that you must have film in the camera if you expect the
camera/flash to react properly in TTL OTF flash mode.
Hope this helps!
-Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Sunpak 821 Dedicated flash
> OK, let's see.
>
> - Go to OM shelf to find TTL compatible body.
> - Pick up OM-4T. Film in it. Put it back.
> - Grab next body. OM-1. Put it back.
> - Next body. OM-2. No flash ready light. Put it back
> - OM-4, sold, so don't want to use it.
> - OM-2S. In the box. Too lazy to unpack.
> - Another OM-1.
> - OM-1n. Useful, but doesn't accomplish anything.
> - OK, found OM-2n. No Shoe.
> - Find small parts box. Look for Shoe 4. Found Shoe 1. Found Shoe 3. Found
> another Shoe 1.
> - OK, Found Shoe 4. Put on OM-2n.
> - No batteries in flash.
> - Put NiMh in flash.
> - Nothing.
> - Open battery compartment. One corroded contact. Liberal use of eraser.
> - Try NiMh again. Nothing.
> - Go find box of batteries. Root around for 4 AA batteries. Find AAA. Find
> AAA again. Lots of AAA.
> - Found AA. Take back to office. Open package and put in flash. Nothing.
> - More eraser. Lots of eraser. Check other end. A little more corrosion.
> - Put batteries back in. Nothing. Suspect bad new pack. Try NiMh. Nothing.
> - Go look for emery board. Not in the first drawer, or second, or third.
> - Fourth drawer. Found emery board.
> - Go back to office. Take out batteries. Emery, emery, emery.
> - Put batteries back in. Nothing. Emery, emery, emery.
> - Batteries back in. Power! Yeah.
> - Put flash on body. Ready light in viewfinder on. Turn on body and
shoot.
> - Ready light doesn't flash. OK, may not have that feature.
> - Seems like a full dump, but recycles fast. Does that tell us anything?
No.
> - Try auto mode. Seems to put out less light, but who knows.
>
> In the end, did I learn anything. Probably not.
>
> Tom
>
> From: "Joel Wilcox" <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> > At 04:19 PM 2/22/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > >I need the help of some Sunpak experts. I just received a nice kit and
it
> > >includes this flash. I just am trying to figure out the features with
an
> OM
> > >body. It has two auto modes and a manual mode, but doesn't have an
> obvious
> > >way to put it in TTL mode. Will it even do TTL control? Does it just
go
> on
> > >manual.
> > >
> > >It has three connectors on the feet.
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance for help.
> > >
> > >Tom
> >
> > Since no one who really knows anything has responded, I will just
suggest
> > trying the flash in manual with camera in auto mode at about f2.8. See
if
> > it cycles up quick and the ready light blinks. Other than that, dunno.
> My
> > Sunpak 433D has a special setting for TTL, so it's different from
> > yours. But then yours might be the same as a T-series flash. Mine also
> > has three conductors on the foot.
> >
> > Joel W.
> >
> >
>
>
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