Okay, I'll yield, 'cause I know you know way more than I do 'bout this stuff.
And I wasn't really sure the two things actually lined up anyway.
If I weren't so poor and had a better FL flash, I might've known what the hole
was for, but my pitiful little FL-20 ain't got no pin what fits in no hole!
Should I send it back and complain? Do I need a more better FL flash? No, I'm
getting by okay with the T's.
Walt, still dumb after all these years
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Mark Dapoz <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> On Sat, 15 Oct 2005, Walt Wayman wrote:
>
> > I saw nothing in response to my observation that there's a little hole in
> > the hot shoe of the E-1 that perfectly accommodates the little claw thing
> > that retracts the contacts on the T flashes until the foot of the flash is
> > all the way into the hot shoe, which seems, at least to me, to indicate
> > that Olympus intended that the old flashes, like the old lenses, would at
> > least be usable, although not recommended and without the hand-holding many
> > of today's wimpy photographers might need.
>
> If you're referring to the little round hole which is near the front edge of
> the shoe, then no, that's not for the old T-series flashes. It's used by the
> new FL-series flashes to lock the flash into the shoe. The FL flashes have
> a pin which protrudes into that hole when the locking ring is turned. If
> you look very closely the pin is positioned closer to the edge of the shoe
> than the retraction claw of the T flashes. I don't think the claw will fit
> into the hole, which is a good thing since it keeps the extra pins retracted.
> -mark
>
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