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Re: [OM] Going Digital-This is it, folks!

Subject: Re: [OM] Going Digital-This is it, folks!
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 14:04:39 -0500
At 10:12 4/2/02, Garth Wood wrote:

Cool. But it doesn't seem to do the one thing that Mike V. was really interested in -- fill-in flash (unless done manually, which is what he was 'complaining' about...).

Garth

OK . . . OM series instead . . .
For the OM's it uses the SCA 321 as do *all* the other "SCA 300/3000/3200" flash units. If you're talking about the Metz HSS capability and lack of an SCA module specifically for the OM-4T and OM-3ti Super FP mode, I don't blame Metz for not creating one. Metz undoubtedly determined there was an insufficient user base of OM-4T and OM-3ti bodies to support the non-recurring R&D, design, test and validation, and tooling costs with an acceptable business case for the estimated market penetration (only a percentage of OM users buy Metz "SCA module" flash units. We make nearly weekly decisions where I work *not* to pursue some business opportunities for the same reason. A guaranteed business case "killer" is estimated very low volume demand combined with non-recurring costs of any size as cited above.

Perhaps I don't understand what you mean by "support" the OM series; it certainly does, except for Super FP mode on the OM-4T and OM-3ti.

Regarding the 54 MZ-3 and Oly digitals without hot shoes (e.g. C-4040Z), blame Olympus for designing them so the user *must* buy the flash bracket and cord (FL-BK01 and FL-CB01) in order to use *any* external shoe mount flash.

Perhaps Paramount will eventually come up with something that fits the Olympus digital external flash cable socket.

-- John


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