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[OM] Re: OM40 / OMG OM2 OM2n and T10 Ring Flash

Subject: [OM] Re: OM40 / OMG OM2 OM2n and T10 Ring Flash
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 11:16:24 +0100
Either Program or Auto modes with a viewfinder shutter speed indication of
1/30s or longer

Piers 

-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Michael Kopp
Sent: 03 September 2004 10:15
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: OM40 / OMG OM2 OM2n and T10 Ring Flash

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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