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Re: [OM] Burning OM question

Subject: Re: [OM] Burning OM question
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:49:23 -0400
I have it on good advice that Dr. F. Bulb actually left those bulbs with 
your mom many years ago just hoping to get rid of them.  I dunno about 
GE Blue #6s and he dunno about OM-2s so, if it's auto mode you're on 
your own.

I think the best advice is to sell 'em at $60/dozen.  :-)

Dr. Flash


On 10/25/2010 6:36 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I am positive a listee can answer this.  I have also heard the Dr.
> Flash's long lost Great Uncle, Dr. F. Bulb, has also recently relocated
> from New England to NY state as to be closer to his nephew.
>
> I did find a stash of GE Blue #6 flashbulbs at  my Mom's the other day.
>   Still looking for the Big Berthas.
> I have a bracket with 7" reflector--might be trouble mounting an OM
> though.  I have an odd ball adapter that provides a FB bayonet
> mount for a standard light bulb type of screw mount---may plug into a
> lamp loaded with a FB for extra effect.
>
>
> I am thinking that these FB's hooked up to the PC terminal on FP on an
> OM-2  and the cam in auto,might constitute
> a TTL type of metering as the shutter would just serve
> to limit the light in lieu of a quench signal.  I think that mode
> triggers the flash 20msec or so prior to the first curtain and it is
> such a long burn I think  that syncing at most speeds shouldn't be an
> issue.
>
> I have seen a poor scan of the  light output curve of the GE #6 and it
> seems to reach peak in about 30msec.
> It should be way fired up by the first curtain.  The shutter speed does
> alter the GN, but not in a linear fashion like the F280
> as pointed out by Tim.  So, will it work on auto????????
>
>    If so, pretty cool--Flash not sufficient it justs drags the shutter to
> fill in with ambient.
> Too much flash---just a quicker shutter---even OK at faster then
> 1/60th- assuming it will do that on auto and not just fire at 1/60th
> with something plugged into the PC connection.  Better get this right
> early on--I see replacements are (gulp) $60.00 a dozen on
> Flashbulbs.com.
>
> All Fired Up, Ready to get in Sync, Mike
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