By mere coincidence I saw this hint from a fellow countryman in
rec.photo.equipment.35mm today.
It concerns enhancing the flash capabilities of the T-20 (and probably
equal for the T-32) flashgun with OM-4 or 4T(i)
Anybody comments on this one? I have asked Wim in a private email
message about his experience with sync times.
Frank van Lindert
Utrecht - NL
Quote:
>On Tue, 20 Jan 1998 07:41:38 GMT, wiskerke@xxxxxxxxx (Wim Wiskerke) wrote:
>
>If you put the T20 on an OM4 or an OM4ti in auto mode, the
>shutterspeed will automatically change to a 1/60.
>Some people hate the Om4 for it.
>If you put a small piece of tape over the contact on the right (front)
>contact of the hotshoe, you sacrifice the flash ready signal, but you
>have *fill-in flash* or *open flash* capability in auto mode.
>
>Hotshoe layout on an OM4ti (the OM4 only has the upper three contacts)
>
> Lens side
> _________
>/ \
> o o ------------------- tape over this contact
> O
> o o
>____________
>
> Back
>
>I have taped over my 4's and 4ti's for about 8 years now. (It took me
>two years to come up with this. Once you know it it's simple.) And
>everything still works fine. I don't know if Olympus will approve
>though.
>
>good shooting, Wim
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