I see that full TTL compatibility is listed for the FL-40 with the E-1
but it's gone by the E-3. But FL-50 still supported on E-3.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/10/2011 1:07 PM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> The FL-40 is an old model, I think developed for use with C-5050 camera.
> Compatibility with the E cameras in TTL mode is supposed to be only partial.
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 January 2011 17:06
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] What's wrong with this flash
>
> I see this is an FL-36, not an FL-36R. KEH has a new FL-36R for $199.
> They also have BGN FL-40s for $69 (with guarantee). The bid on this
> FL-36 is now up to $65.88 and will likely close above that. Any reason to
> use an FL-36 vs FL-40?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 1/10/2011 10:40 AM, John Hermanson wrote:
>> There are some reflections off the shoe, but maybe he tried to crazy
>> glue the broken piece on. Shoe can be replaced as in T32, though cost
>> may be higher due to initial parts cost.
>>
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>> On 1/8/2011 6:09 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>> I don't think the photograph is good enough to say whether it melted
>>> or not. I don't see any reason to disbelieve the explanation.
>>> Probably simple mechanical failure from a bump or drop. But the fact
>>> that it is broken on one side means that that side is more likely to
>>> experience another failure simply because it has been weakened. I
>>> wouldn't pay a lot for it without asking Olympus how much it would
>>> cost to repair if the broken side decided to give way completely.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/8/2011 3:53 PM, Lawrence Woods wrote:
>>>> There's an FL-36 flash on eB*y at a low price, auction 220719196823.
>>>> The third picture shows the bottom of the hot shoe, about which the
>>>> seller says "The corner of the hot shoe was broken off when it was
>>>> brand new but it has never, and does not affect performance." The
>>>> shoe bottom looks a bit melted to me.
>>>>
>>>> Any guesses as to what could have caused this?
>>>>
>>>> ----- Larry Woods
>>>>
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