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Re: [OM] WTB: OM-4T, 1-11 or 1-12 screen, Macro stand/VST/etc.

Subject: Re: [OM] WTB: OM-4T, 1-11 or 1-12 screen, Macro stand/VST/etc.
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:24:59 -0500
Mike has it correct.  The daisy-chained flash units will all be fired 
and quenched simultaneously.  What one will have a very difficult time 
doing is establishing lighting ratios for main and fill, etc.  Just get 
a meter and shoot manually.

Dr. Flash


usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Huh?  Why not just daisy chain the flash units with T-cords.  Not as 
> neat or organized but should work fine AFAIK.   Perhaps I am missing 
> something and have not understood this properly.  I assumed the quench 
> signal works OK in this configuration.  I hope someone clarifies this.
> 
> I  use the OM-2 on the Lepp II bracket with a T32 in one arm and the 
> Power control in the hot shoe, they are daisy chained.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> Indeed. Only workaround for such a setup is using a PowerBounceGrip2,
> together with one or several TTL-T20 conn., or the
> <http://olympus.dementia.org/eSIF/om-sif/flashphotogroup/ttl_auto_multico
> nnector.htm>.
> I much prefer the T20 conn., because it can be screwed on a standard
> support (a tripod, for example).
> 
> You might find it funny, and it is so, but I built a double screw to
> attach the T-20 to the underside of the PBG2 .... how many times did I
> actually used such an awkward and unstable flashgun: none! - but it
> works :-)
> 
> Fernando
> 
> 2009/11/2 Moose <olymoose [at] gmail.com>:
>> , but one cannot use both shoe mounted flash and remote flash
>> in TTL-OTF mode at once**. As main and fill light, for example.
>>
>> I suspect it doesn't matter for the 20mm macros, but might for other
>> set-ups one might later want.
>>
>> Moose
>> --
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