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[OM] Re: WTB Flash cable E-300 to T32

Subject: [OM] Re: WTB Flash cable E-300 to T32
From: James Royall <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 23:44:35 +0100
Hmm. The manual says off camera flash by hot shoe only. And I  
definitely don't see the PC socket.

You can definitely use OM flashes in normal auto, without a problem.

James


On 5 Apr 2005, at 12:10, Earl Dunbar wrote:

>
> There is no PC socket on the E-300?  According to the Oly spec sheet
> (http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_product_blue.asp? 
> l=1&p=&bc=&product=1140&fl=4)
> it does.  I would suppose there are trigger voltage cautions, but what
> other limitations would there be?  I wouldn't expect OM-series flashes
> to be fully compatible with E series TTL, but, I would expect you could
> at least use them in normal auto mode.
>
> Earl
>
> James Royall wrote:
>
>> My thinking was to get the off camera capability with only the cost of
>> buying a cable, as I have the T32. There is no PC socket on the E-300.
>> I naively thought there might be a cable that slides into the hotshoe,
>> in the same way as the foot of a flash, and then has a hotshoe at its
>> other end which the flash slides into.
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>
>
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