Are you sure it wasn't on self-timer? And did you see the ready light
from the flash in the finder? If not, the camera didn't know there was a
flash attached. That could be a problem in the flash or camera, or as
simple as the flash not being seated fully on the shoe, or dirty contacts
on top of the camera. Clean, but don't scratch them if they're dirty.
Try a different flash if you don't see the ready light in the finder --
that will isolate the problem. OM-2s hot shoes often work loose -- try
wiggling it and see. That could result in a poor ground connection, or
even tear the circuit underneath that connects the shoe to the body.
Stephen Scharf wrote:
> ....I hooked up my new T20 flash
> tonight to try to get take a picture of Eddie the Cat, and put it on
> auto, and put the camera on Auto mode...when I depressed the shutter,
> the shutter opened and stayed open for several seconds (like 8
> seconds or thereabouts), and then finally the flash went off and the
> shutter closed. I am not sure what is going on....I was taking a
> photo indoors at night with some room lights, but I would not have
> thought with a flash that it would take several seconds to make an
> exposure in Auto mode. I'm not sure what I did wrong, but I don't
> have manuals either for the flash or the OM-2S. I would have thought
> that the camera would have known the flash was attached as the little
> flash LED was lit up....but I was surprised at the long exposure,
> with the flash at the end.
>
> Confused here in Albany...
>
> -Stephen Scharf
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