In a message dated 7/17/98 2:14:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
VELUWEH@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
Hans wrote;
<< The latter is very true indeed, but although the 2-13 may already be
mounted in a new 3-Ti (why not in 4-Ti's, Olympus???), the "2" series
of focusing screens certainly are not specifically designed for this
camera - remember they fit and work without restrictions in the 2Sp, 3,
4 and 4Ti too. So the real upgrade was indeed to the System, not to
this specific camera.
SNIP!
I do not own a 4Ti, but I was under the impression that "New" 4Ti's came with
2-13 screens. Anyone bought a new 4Ti lately. What do they come with, a
1-13? Is Han's understanding correct?
Buddy Walters wrote;
>You only get the addition of TTL (For those who think you also get the
280 SP mode. Forget it. It only works as a manual mode,GN ¦'s etc.)
Hans wrote;
The support for Super FP, using the F280 flash is a feature of the 3Ti,
next to TTL flash support, but it works differently compared to the
4Ti, since the camera can only control (cut off) the flash (which can
be done both in TTL and in Super FP mode),
SNIP!
Hans, I believe you are incorrect here. In my experience the 3Ti will not
"cut off the flash" in Super FP mode, only in TTL mode. If it did, Olympus
would not tell us on page 43 of the 3Ti instruction manual to "Select the
shutter speed between 1/2000 and 1/60 sec. and aperture according to the chart
on the left".
but the camera can't change the shutter speed during exposure which the 4Ti
can;
SNIP!
I started a thread on the 280 & 4T a few months ago. I was under the same
understanding as you, that the 4T would increase shutter speed in the Super FP
mode. According to many on the list here, this is not true. The 4T/4Ti (in
auto) & 280 FP balances "cuts off" the flash light output but does not
"increase" the shutter speed.
I guess both cameras support FP without the need to carry a table or use GN's,
Snip!
I wish this was true with the 3Ti, but all pictures I have tried to take with
the 280 set to Super FP mode came out totally over exposed. With the setting
on TTL, all were correct. My experiences confirms what I read in the 3Ti
manual.
If anyone has some more info to add to this, please do so. I seams there is a
lot of misinterpretation of Olympus's brochures here.
BW
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