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Subject: Re: [OM] Flash!
From: Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 09:47:30 -0500
(Sigh)

I STAND CORRECTED.

If life gets any more technical I may go back to flashbulbs and Verichrome
(NOT Pan.).


Rick 🤔

On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 12:29 AM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 1/14/2017 6:40 AM, Rick Beckrich wrote:
>
>> . . .
>>
>> And as long as I'm OT - also playing with a "PIXEL" wireless remote
>> shutter
>> release on my E-1.Works really well,
>>   even thru the closed patio door (after I remembered to turn the IR
>> receiver in my direction.)
>>
>
> A little confusing to me. I have a Pixel wireless remote that I use a fair
> amount and which works perfectly. Cords are available for most camera
> bodies.
>
> It is not, however, IR, but RF, and works wherever camera and/or remote is
> facing. Works with remote out of the shoe and dangling. Remote works any
> old place, often in a pocket.
>
> OTOH, I have IR remotes, tiny little things for triggering Canon or Sony
> cameras with IR remote capability built in. With them one generally has to
> be in front of the camera and point the front of the remote at it for them
> to work. (Exception for close in macro work, where enough IR bounces around
> to trigger from behind the camera.)
>
> Your post suggests yet a third alternative, an IR receiver which may be
> aimed separately from the camera, and connected to it with a cord?
>
> Quickly learned that auto focus is not the best solution for bird feeder
>> shots!
>>
>
> Nope, ya gotta pick your focus point in advance.
>
> Back to legacy Zooks.
>>
>
> Nothing wrong with that, but you can use the 4/3 AF lenses in MF mode.
>
> Both items were gifts from my younger daughter and son-in-law, and "very
>> reasonably priced" @ Amazon.
>>
>
> Nice!
>
> Confusalated Moose
>
>
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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