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"eBay" radio slave. Tested separately with the Oly FL-50 and old Starblitz 3800 DEF... and an Olympus E-1.
• The slave just triggered the flashes... no TTL control possible.
• Flashes were on auto.
• Blank wall in a darkened room.
• No attempt to balance light output. This was just to show the effects of going over the 1/160th listed max sync speed of the E-1.
• I see no loss at 1/250th — and very useable (in a pinch) at 1/320th.
• First and second curtain had little (if any) difference on exposure area. I'd have to try it with a moving object to see if radio slave and second curtain actually works. I'm thinking it does.
•• I've since acquired an E-330 and it synchs just fine at 1/250th with the radio slave.
• Why not use FP? It does give higher sync speeds, but has lessened range — and it has to be tied to the camera, mounted or cabled (on pre E-3 Olys). Radio slaves have great range and the flash can be full power.
• The same can be attained on hot-shoe mounted flashes. If it's a generic flash, no problem. If a flash dedicated for Oly DSLRs, the back pins need to be taped off or blocked by paper. This keeps the camera from identifying an Oly flash, which will allow a higher synch speed. |
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