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[OM] Re: radio controlled flash with E-510

Subject: [OM] Re: radio controlled flash with E-510
From: "Jeff Keller" <jeffreyrkeller@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:13:45 -0700
I believe Nikon uses RF slave flash control for many of their DSLRs.
Too bad Canon and Olympus didn't also. I haven't tried a high end
optical slave but neither the Wein nor the  cheap chinese optical
slaves are nearly as reliable as RF.

The multi-sync command module of the Olympus IS series immediately
came to mind, but I doubt anything similar will be built for the
E-cameras
http://olympus.dementia.org/eSIF/om-sif/is-series/is-series.htm#iS/L_Flash_Units

-jeff

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> John, the FL-50R does *not* communicate via radio.  The pop-up flash on
> the E-3 fires a series of short binary light pulses which the FL-50R
> receives and interprets.  Same system as the old KonicaMinoltas, and I
> believe the more modern stuff from Canon and Nikon.  (Would that it
> *were* radio -- that's be quite a feather in the cap of Oly for their
> flagship design to do that...).
>

>
> Garth

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