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Re: [OM] rear curtain sync

Subject: Re: [OM] rear curtain sync
From: "Ken Norton" <image66@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 08:49:41 -0500
>We're all trying to think about this too hard.
>
>  The easiest way would be to build an external
>sync-delay circuit, so that the flash is triggered
>some time _after_ the on-camera sync pulse.
>
>  Then you just dial in the delay you need
>(1/60, 1/30, 1/15 etc.) depending on the
>selected shutter speed.
>
>  Of course, this wouldn't work in auto mode,
>but what do you want for a few bucks?
>(and besides, it would work on all your
>cameras)


Now you are talkin!  I seem to recall that this has been the technology used
long before the IS-1/G40 or the Nikon N90s came out.   Oh, and why wouldn't
it work in auto mode?  The beauty of OTF is that the camera will close the
shutter when enough light has reflected off the film.

Ken N.


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