Brian,
Have previously used a T32 & T10 on the E-1 with no problem. Just tried my
T20 for the first time & that works fine as well (camera in manual mode -
flash fires when set to auto or manual). So - It can work, but no idea why
it's not working for you right now :-(
Can't comment on the white balance problem - haven't got round to messing
with that yet - I assume you have the latest firmware update? - but I've no
particular reason to think it would make a difference...
Guess you might get a few more suggestions once the Super Bowl's finished
:-)
Regards - Martyn Smoothy
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Brian Swale
Sent: 06 February 2006 23:27
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Vintage E-1 matters
Hi all
As some might recall, a while ago I bought one of the now vintage E-1
cameras. I am still coming to grips with some of the features. Or not as
the
case may be. If you think I'm slow you should meet my sis.... :-)
First up, I have been taking photos of an indoor plant in flower, and the
ambient lighting needs spicing up a little to bring out the colour of the
flowers.
Having heard about the T20 flash being OK in the E-1, and having bought a
few of these units on the O-Boy!! site, I thought I'd give it a whirl.
Batteries in, ready light comes on. Fire!. Nope, no dice. Not at all.
Out with the trusty OM4Ti, fit the T20, and it fires first pop (or should
that be
"pops first fire" ?).
So - why no action on the E-1?
Incidentally, as for the OMs, the flash socket protector on the E-1 has gone
AWOL, just as those have on the OMs except where (as is usual now) I have
sellotaped them in place. No problem in this regard with the OM 2000
however !!
Second E-1 issue, several times when I have been trying to set Custom
White Balance with a sheet of white paper (indoors, for photographing old
prints), the camera refuses to accept the setting. I think that maybe on one
occasion I persuaded it to do so by increasing the ISO setting, but in
general, if it refuses once, that's it for all time, in that setting,.
Why? and how do I get around the problem?
Brian
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