Kris wrote:
>I recently purchased a bracket a hotshoe with PC Adapter and
>a hotshoe with PC cord to get my flash off camera for my OM-10.
>I tested it at home and it seemed to be working fine. But when the
>big event happened (my daughters Kindergarten graduation), the
>shutter would not sync up. So the flash fired but the shutter speed
>was at the metered speed of 1 second. I think it was working initially
>and then stopped. I noticed something didn't seem right, but being
>am amateur, was too concerned with getting the shot at the moment.
>I haven't taking the film to the lab yet but suspect that it's a goner!
>If I didn't get allot of camera shake due to the slow shutter speed, it
>should be overdeveloped because the shutter sync speed was 1 second.
Did you forget to set the camera at the 'manual' setting? This
automatically sets it to 1/60 sync time when there's no manual adapter
mounted; when there is, the adapter should be also be set to 1/60.
Automatic setting at 1/60 with Olympus T flashes obviously no longer
works when you use a mere PC connection.
When the indicated shutter speed was 1 sec., there was so little
available light, or you was using such a small aperture, I wouldn't be
surprised if these pictures are still very acceptable. Probably some
ghost images shining through subjects that are frozen by the flash.
Hans
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