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[OM] Dr. Flash learns a thing or two... on auto flash

Subject: [OM] Dr. Flash learns a thing or two... on auto flash
From: Mike Gordon via olympus <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:09:27 -0400 (EDT)
Chuck just had to rouse Dr. Flash out of his Summer estivation. I recall several posts including the one below regarding using auto mode for fill--see post below for example. The Canyon ETTL had been particularly lousy for fill--perhaps slightly improved when lenses began to report focusing distance. The preflash metering just always cut it in that situation per Dr. Flash.

http://lists.tako.de/Olympus-OM/2009-06/msg01348.html

Nykonians seem to have had fewer complaints. The Metz in that review (the link no longer works and may be gone) was the cat's meow for daylight fill in auto mode at intermediate distances. Quantum, IIRC, out EETL2'd Canyon at their own game for full flash somehow. I can lie to my Metz flash about the ISO (as long as I use the standard (not Canyon) foot and it will alter output unlike the T32 where the ISO thingie is really just an equivalent exposure sliderule and the auto modes are fixed.

On another note I recalll John commenting that the electronics in the T-power controller for OM macro flash and T32 are similar--making it likely that ND filters may allow for proper close focus flash quenching in auto mode with all the caveats of trusting the fov of the auto sensor for macro.

Student of Dr. Flash,  Mike


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