Hi, John;
No, I haven't had any problem with the motor drive by itself; just when using
it with the T-45 flash. The T-45 flash works fine on the camera without the
motor drive.
(I did seem to have some problems with an F280 flash this summer: using it
for fill flash, it seemed to be illuminating less than the left quarter of the
frame... but that might have been due to the shutter speed bouncing about on or
about 1/60th - haven't really used it enough to know for sure and of course
just when I really needed it, it didn't perform to my expectations).
John Morton
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Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:11:12 -0400
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] Re: Is Dr. Flash in jeopardy?
Exactly right Chuck. Does the motor fire off more than one when using
one of the motor drive release buttons?
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Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Hmmm. I can see why you're push processing instead of using the
T-45.
> I have no idea what's wrong but it seems to me that the two shots in
> single mode may be a clue to what's going on to someone who
understands
> the T-45 and motor drive operation. I may be wrong but I think that
if
> the problem were merely the T-45's button sticking in the fire
position
> the motor drive should still only fire once.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> John Morton wrote:
>
>>I sometimes find myself getting by without a flash: here is a final
>>version of my visit to the 2007 Montreal Jazz Festival, with some
>>Ilford HP5 400 ASA film pushed to 3200 ASA (would never have been
>>able to do this without the Olympus OM-4 T' s spot metering and
>>memory function).
>>
>>http://originofwriting.com/MontrealJazz2007/Metatron.html
>>
>>BUT - speaking of flash problems; the trigger button on my T-45 seems
>>to be sticking, so that when I shoot using the motor drive on
>>"sequence", one press results in the whole roll of film being shot.
>>Setting the drive to "single" is a bit better, with only two shots
>>being taken before the drive unit stops.
>>
>>Anyone have any suggestions regarding what I might do about this? The
>>thought of a quick spray of WD-40 has crossed my mind...
>>
>>John Morton
>>
John Morton
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