Thanks Chuck, I look forward to hearing back from you. I'll probably send
the camera in to John H. for a CLA sometime soon, though the previous owner
said he had CLA'd it recently. I might try some similar flash tests with my
OM-1 in the meantime. I gotta say I love my little 2S, it's just the
coolest camera in the world except for this one flash thing. I hope it can
get well again...
One other thing I should point out, I also tested the camera set to auto
with a T32 connected to an Olympus 5m auto sync cord, and the pictures came
out fine. It seems the only bug is using the PC sync.
-Mark
>Mark said:
>I ran another roll through my OM-2S with the sync cord running to the
>Alien Bees AB800. This time I kept the mode in Manual and varied the
>shutter between 1/30 and 1/60. The 1/30 photos were all fine, the 1/60
>had the dreaded black bar up the left hand side. My conclusion is to use
>1/60 with my TTL T32 and 1/30 with the sync cord.
>
>Is anyone able to get 1/60 shutter speed while using the X-sync socket
>to a monolight, on any flavor of OM, or is 1/30 the best bet? I could
>use some validation right now...
>-----------------------------------------
>
>I agree with the Schnozz who concludes that your 2s is probably sick but
>it won't hurt to test an identical setup.
>
>I don't have any film in the 2s's at the moment but I'll be off to
>Disney World for a family trip soon and I intend to travel very light
>photographically. I only plan to take a Stylus Epic and/or an XA which
>have not been used in quite a while. These need to be tested so I'll
>also feed the test roll into the 2s and check it against the B800's at
>1/60th. Maybe I'll try both of them. Each has had a CLA by Clint or
>John within the last 2 or 3 years so should be working OK.
>
>I'll also test both the sync signal coming off the hotshoe and the PC
>contact. Don't know of any reason why it might be different but I'll
>check to make sure.
>
>Send me a reminder if I haven't sent results within a couple of days.
>
>Chuck Norcutt
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