I recently took a flyer on a couple of OM PCs (hey, they were cheap!) One
came from a camera shop (via that auction site, however) and was advertised
as not working. The second came from a private party and was also advertised
as not working correctly (and also via that auction site).
To make this short... the one from the camera shop *appears* to have needed
new correct batteries (rather than the dead, incorrect ones in it when it
arrived) and seems to be working fine. I'll be testing with film later this
week, I hope.
The second one does something entirely bizarre. If you put in good
batteries, it fires at whatever speed it seems to want to, regardless of the
shutter speed setting, even in Manual mode. Then after a few shots like
that, it locks--mirror up/shutter half-fired, but resets as you unscrew the
battery cover to remove the batteries.
Anyone with lots more OM PC experience than I've got ever run across this
behavior? Is there a "reset" for the OM PC if the computer is simply
confused? I'm not gonna be crying the blues if this second one doesn't work.
I didn't spend much on it. It would be nice to know if it's worth trying to
get it working though.
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Scott Gomez
-----Original Message-----
From: John Hermanson [mailto:omtech@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 14:32
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] For once in my life I might get a bargin...
The built in cord is for regular PC sync and will not do TTL. For that
you'll need a ttl cord to connect from base of BG2 handle to TTL Conn. 4
(OM-2N) TTL Conn. 3 (OM-2). 2S, 3Ti, 4, 4T, 4Ti have TTL connector built
into top cover.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Farrar" <farrar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] For once in my life I might get a bargin...
| No. You will need a cord. The built-in is a two wire cord with a PC tip. I
| prefer the coiled 0.6m T cord, which is actually shorter than the 0.3m,
| which is uncoiled. You also need an M grip cord, if you're going to use a
| winder or motor drive with the grip button (strongly recommended).
|
| Paul
|
| >
| > I don't think you don't need a cord for an OM-4 or OM-3, as the cord
built-in to the BG2 will plug into the socket on the=
| > front of the body. The flash synchs through the bounce grip. If you
have an OM-2/2n/2sp, you'll need a TTL connector t=
| > ype 4.
| >
| > Isn't that right? Doesn't an OM-3/4 do TTL flash connection directly
through the BG's tuck-away cord without another cor=
| > d connected to the base of the BG battery unit?
| >
| > Skip
| >
| >
| > Original Message:
| > -----------------
| > From: Sam Shiell Sam.Shiell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 21:43:16 +0100
| > To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > Subject: [OM] For once in my life I might get a bargin...
| >
| >
| > Hi gang
| >
| > Well, I (hopefully) take back everything I ever said about the Jessops
chain
| > of Camera shops in UK..
| >
| > Browsing their website 2nd-hand list I found a BounceGrip 2 in a shop
the
| > other end of the Country ... how much?
| >
| > 20 UK Pounds (What's that, 30 USD?, 40 Canadian D?, don't know about
other
| > currencies). Condition described as "2", which apparently means "good
| > condition complete with documents and stuff".
| >
| > The same shop also had a T32 for =A345 (60 USD, 90 Cn D) Same condition,
| > presumably someone sold them their complete kit.
| >
| > They're shipping them to my local store ... I'm so excited, can hardly
wait.
| >
| > I'll let you know if I really do get a bargin...
| >
| > btw, just so I know, should the TTL connector 4 come with it, or is this
| > something you'd normally expect to buy seperately?
| >
| > See ya
| >
| > Sam
| >
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