I'm expecting multiple flashes to be available very soon on the E-System. This
was what the tech eluded to on the phone.
Yes, it does seem strange that Olympus didn't offer this multiple flash
capability right out of the block.
Skip
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Subject: [OM] Re: E1 and multiple flashes
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:28:26 +0000
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Yet another reason for me to wait for the E-2 (or 3, if necessary), because I
>do have a long-standing predilection for using multiple flashes. Earlier this
>week, I spent a pleasant morning photographing birds bathing at, of all
>things, a bird bath in a shady nook in the back yard. I used a T45 off camera
>about 4 ft. from the bath and a T20 in the hot shoe of an OM-4Ti with a 100/2
>Zuiko just over 5 ft. away. The T45 was angled downward from about 45 degrees
>above the bath and maybe 30 degrees to the right from the camera angle.
>
>Considering the difference in the light output of the two flashes, I expect
>the T20 will have provided a nice amount of fill, while the T45 will give the
>modeling and depth to the subject you just can't get with on-camera flash. I
>could be wrong. I'll know tomorrow when I go pick up the Provia 100F slides.
>The birds and the bath are still here, so I can try again if things didn't
>work out. Not enough fill, I'll try a T32. Too much fill, it's ND filter
>(a.k.a. white plastic bag) time for the T20.
>
>Of course, I probably could've figured the fill ratio out beforehand with my
>handy-dandy Sekonic flash meter. But, then, that wouldn't have been as much
>fun, would it?
>
>Walt
>
>--
>"Anything more than 500 yards from
>the car just isn't photogenic." --
>Edward Weston
>
>
>-------------- Original message from Skip Williams : --------------
>[snip]
>> No, you can't connect more than one flash to the E-1.....at least not right
>> now.
>> I asked Olympus tech support about this possibility and the tech told me
>> that it
>> wasn't "currently" offered. I inferred that it was coming.
>>
>> Skip
>>
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