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Subject: Re: [OM] Flash - was RE: *(^&*%^^$%$@ verticals
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:28:54 -0500
Maybe I would if I could parse out the question.  :-)

Dr. Flash


usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Jeff!!!
> 
> Hope things quiet down for you.
> 
> I certainly noticed the absence of posts.
> 
>    I have used the T32 as off cam slave-triggered by yabe transmitter in 
> auto mode.  It seemed to work best as a "room filler" often with a 
> diffuser at 45 deg.  It always seemed weird to turn "up" the flash when 
> the  flash sensor is 1 stop closer. In manual in fixed output the flash 
> obviously
> would need to be reduced in power.  Perhaps it just seems 
> counter-intuitive to me.  When I had the OM hot shoe or stroboframe 
> main flash
> in TTL, the main flash could quench too soon when the flashes 
> overlapped too much.  I thought the transmitter electronics would not 
> be fast enough and there would be minor interaction.  Some Nik flashes 
> have a "delay" mode just for this purpose when used as a slave. The 
> shutter speed needs to be at least one stop slower than synch.   Not 
> sure I've seen that elsewhere.
> Perhaps you or Dr. Flash will know.
> 
> 
> 
> http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/05/for-few-dollars-more-nikon-sb-26.html
> 
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> If you use a bounce grip it might be worthwhile to always keep whichever
> side you mount it on up even when you aren't using flash. I 
> unfortunately
> found during a hectic important event that I fell back into a habit that
> worked fine without the flash but not so well with it. My only excuse is
> that I seldom use on camera flash.  :^(
> 
> Also I'm surprised no one mentioned using T32's off camera in Auto mode.
> It's been a couple years since I did it but I found it worked well 
> except
> for the cheap remote slaves I was using and the need to carry a dozen 
> extra
> charged AA batteries. I believe I just set a different f-stop to adjust 
> the
> exposure of the flash. I could position three of them around a room. The
> hardest part was finding a position which would hide the flash and not 
> give
> a hot spot on the nearest wall. The fact that when one of the remote 
> flashes
> triggered it could trigger a flash hidden from the camera made the 
> placement
> more flexible.
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
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