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red 1/60 was Re: [OM] om2sp

Subject: red 1/60 was Re: [OM] om2sp
From: Chuck Norcutt <norcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 06:48:13 -0500
Tom and Acer said:

>The red 60 is a manual shutterspeed (I think).  It will work without
>batteries.

Yup...

>It's also a good spot to leave the camera when not in use to minimize
>battery drain.

...but as a 4T owner found out the hard way, the flash will NOT synch
properly, so back to the blue 60 (or lower) for flash synch (super-FP
notwithstanding)
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I've never tried it on my own om2sp but according to my trusty Shipman
book the red, mechanical 1/60 provides an X-sync signal.

Chuck Norcutt
Woburn, Massachusetts, USA

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