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Re: [OM] HELP need! Using my E-P1 with flash studio heads.

Subject: Re: [OM] HELP need! Using my E-P1 with flash studio heads.
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:46:09 -0500
Hmm.  That is truly distressing news.  Remind me not to buy *any* new 
Olympus equipment.  But the suggestion by several to use a radio trigger 
(any of them) will solve the problem and keep the cable clutter down. 
Wein-Safe-Sync.  Blah!

Dr. Flash

On 11/24/2010 8:45 PM, C.H.Ling wrote:
> I recommend not to try any old flash on the new Olympus digital camera, I
> tried an Olympus (PS100G?) on the E-PL1, the circuit immediate burnt.
> Fortunately the built-in flash still works ok. I use the EVF a lot and it
> won't accept external flash at the same time anyway.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Moose"<olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> My guess is that it's in fact safe up to at least a couple of hundred volts
> and a copy writer grabbed something from old
> E-1 material. At least I prefer that explanation to thinking that Oly
> engineers are so deeply incompetent.
>
> Nothing new. As I recall, there should be lots in the archives about Oly in
> North America publishing much lower sync
> voltage limits for the E-1 than did the distributors in Europe.
>
> Dr. No Flash, but No Fool Moose
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