A Moose Sighting is definitely still on topic.
AK Schnozz
On Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM MICHAEL GORDON via olympus
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> Moose is visiting and had the opportunity to try the MF-12 macro flash on his
> OM-1 mkII with the Flashpoint R2 nano trigger and compared its performance to
> my mkI. It was a bit fussier to set up than anticipated. Not
> unsurprisingly Dr. No flash had the flash turned off and the single test shot
> for the TTL metering doesn’t like e-shutter. Also a bit like on Sony, the
> trigger can be finicky in getting seated well. I had to take it off a couple
> times to fix that. Once it is going it is fine. I’ve never had that issue
> with my OM-1 mkI but the Sony trigger is notoriously finicky in this way.
> Once it’s going just leave it on and it is perfect.
>
> So you take the metering shot in TTL (no e-shutter; EFC ok or mechanical
> shutter) and just one touch on the R2 nano trigger to convert to manual. This
> is called TCM—-“TTL convert to manual.” I chose .1 sec recharge time—- it
> has to be non zero. The focus bracketing with flash is MUCH faster on the
> mkII. It is eminently useable. It is almost too slow on the mkI to be
> practical. Curiously the focus bracketing uses the e-shutter but it still
> works. Down side of that is the sync speed is 1/100 sec.
>
> Surprisingly I have seen no good tutorials with this or even decent
> documentation of any sort. Moose was kind enough to let me mess with his
> settings.
>
> We had a good visit. I used my OM-2 last year but all digital this year for
> his visit so this post isn’t 100% on topic.
>
> Reporting in, Mike
>
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