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Re: [OM] T20 Flash on OM10

Subject: Re: [OM] T20 Flash on OM10
From: "Marco" <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 10 Feb 98 22:20:19 +0100
On Lun, 9 feb 1998 0:20, Ian M. Stewart <mailto:ims@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote: 
>Hello everyone,
>
>My latest aquisition is a T20 flash with no instructions.  The manual
>adapter instructions and the OM10 instructions seem to infer that if the
>manual adapter is mounted, then it must be set to 1/60th or more for the
>flash to be quenched correctly, even with the camera set to auto.  Why?  I
>thought that on auto the manual adapter would have no effect at all.

Not at all, camera sets on synchro time when red led (flash-ready) lights,
in auto mode.
>
>Also, what effect does reversing the slide have on the flash.  I can see
no
>switch or contacts involved, except that the slide blank side out sets the
>switch to manual.  Would leaving it with the table showing, but the switch
>in manual be the same thing?

When the table is put in the OM2 etc. side the flash is set on manual mode
with OM-10. Your assumption is right.


Marco




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