Doesn't the underexposure dialled in cause the shutter speed to rise above
1/60, and the flash not to fire? Does on my 2SP and 4Ti.
And if you set the aperture to give 1/15 shutter speed to stop this, you get
2 stops underexposure when the flash sets the shutter speed to 1/60.
Even on the OM-2 without the forcing to 1/60, the exposure compensation
works on all the exposure, not just the flash.
Tim Hughes came up with an idea. Put a TTL cell in an OM-1n and wire it out
to a terminal on shoe four. Put in some electronics between the shoe and
flash to give a different ASA dial for the flash than the camera. This would
do it.
Foxy
> 1.- Set camera on AUTO mode. Set ASA for correct film speed (or
> your own E.I.). EV compensation dial set at ZERO.
>
> 2.- Mount flash on camera, LEAVE UNIT TURNED OFF.
>
> 3.- Frame, focus and with the flash still OFF, choose an aperture
> that gives you 1/60th.
>
> 4.- Turn flash unit ON to TTL AUTO mode. This locks the shutter
> speed to 1/60th, and gives you A) Proper synch speed, and B)
> your ambient exposure.
>
> 5.- Now turn your EV compensation dial --- without lifting it
> which would change your ASA --- clockwise to anywhere from
> -2/3 to -2, depending on the intensity of the fill desired.
> Experiment with this part, because it takes experience to
> be able to judge this. Conversely, you can "bracket fill"
> easily with this method.
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