My error. Carry on. My OM-3 repair manual says "However, it can glow the
flash with no battery set in it"
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 12:18 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: OM3 flash with no batteries????
>
> Piers Hemy wrote:
>
>>>John Hermanson wrote:
>>>> I think OM-3 has SCR in flash circuit.
>>> SCR?
>
>> Silicon Controlled Rectifier, nowadays 'colloquially' termed Thyristor
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>
> Like the bit in the "O"lympus on the T20/32?
>
> In which case I don't understand John's comment at all. Since the OM-3
> has no flash quench control at all (unlike the 3Ti), surely it has no
> sensor of any description either?
>
> Simon
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