At 23:09 +0100 2/9/04, Piers Hemy wrote:
>Agreed jeff - keep in mind that they are called the T10 and T32 to indicate
>their guide numbers, and the former is designed/intended for very close
>range macro-photo flash (though I have used it for normal flash too). Also
>keep in mind that the T10 is *not* a modified T32 in that it does not have
>the on-board autoflash capability of the T32. The only autoflash capability
>for the T10 is provided by the camera body - the OM-40/OM-PC can do this if
>set appropriately.
Which is ... ???
Cheers,
Michael Kopp
Wellington, New Zealand
>-----Original Message-----
>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>Of Jeff Keller
>Sent: 02 September 2004 22:46
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: OM40 / OMG OM2 OM2n and T10 Ring Flash
>
>
>"no matter what the f/stop or distance"
>
>I don't know how you're testing it but light from the T10 scatters and even
>a full dump may not be enough to light the scene if you're shooting beyond
>10 feet or so. ... It's been quite awhile since I used one but it seemed to
>me that even when using it to light up a pine cone 8 feet away the recycling
>time was pretty fast if the batteries were good. I'm not sure how you can
>tell it's a full dump other than recycling time ... after all the light is
>over in a flash ... and it won't completely blind you the way a full dump
>from a T32 or T45 will.
>-jeff
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael Kopp" <mkopp@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 9:45 AM
>Subject: [OM] OM40 / OMG OM2 OM2n and T10 Ring Flash
>
>
>> Hello again, Olympians,
>>
>> (Or is that Olympusians?)
>>
>> As usual when I hit a brick wall in use or Web research about my
>> Olympus collection, I come to the experts.
>>
>> I have an OM40 (which is the OMG in the U.S.) and a T10 Ring Flash.
>>
>> The OM40 works fine with a T32, making it produce flashes of varying
>> brightness (power/time) depending on f/stop and distance as it's
>> supposed to do.
>>
>> It does not seem to do this with the T10, which produces what appears
>> to be a full-power flash no matter what the f/stop or distance.
>>
>> Yet the T10 is really just a modified T32 power unit, as I understand
>> it, and has the same 3-contact shoe and switch for contacting the
>> three contacts in a Shoe 4 or my OM40.
>>
>> I cannot find anything in any of the specs or instructions for either
>> camera or flash on any of the usual suspect Web sites, or by Googling,
>> which indicates which cameras the T10 is compatible with.
>> However, since the OM40 is a subsequent development (and refinement)
>> of the OM2 OTF technology, one would think that the T10 should work
>> with it.
>>
>> If so, that would seem to indicate that the T10 has a problem.
>>
>> Any information, experience, advice or opinion would be gratefully
>received.
>>
>> TIA and Cheers from the Antipodes,
>>
>> --
>> Michael Kopp
>> Wellington, New Zealand
>>
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