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Re: [OM] A flashy question...

Subject: Re: [OM] A flashy question...
From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 13:25:05 -0500
In the original OM-1 & 2 instruction books, there may be a reference to
using 1/30 as the flash sync speed.  I'm not sure why this happens, but
sometimes you can see a distinct difference in flash output when you
fire it at 1/30 and 1/60 (with less flash output at 1/60).

John

Steve Lau wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
>     After aquiring some olympus equipment a few years ago through a string
> of rather unfortunate incidents, I have finally decided to upgrade to an
> OM-2 (from and OM-10) in anticipation of my upcoming trip to London.
> However, after glancing through the manual for the Quick Auto 310 (which is
> one of the pieces of equipment that I couldn't really utilize w/o the OM-2)
> I noticed that the TTL auto only syncs with shutter speeds of under 1/30th
> of a second.   Is it just me or is this kind of low?  I always thought the
> threshold for handheld shots was about 1/60th of a second.  So what does
> this mean?  You MUST use a tripod in conjunction with the flash?
> Logistically speaking, this would seem unreasonable as I would not beleive
> that olympus would design something with such an obvious flaw.  Does anybody
> have this same combination of components (OM-2 + 310)?  How do you deal with
> this discrepancy?
> 
> Thanks a bunch!
>     Steve
> 
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