AFAIK, no camera will give you TTL on B. After all, the whole concept of the B setting is to override every attempt from the camera to electronically control the shutter. It stays open as long as you say so...
The trick of putting LX on Auto and manually firing the flash is an excellent trick. With a little practice, you can also walk around in the scene and literally spray-paint the scene with light. Using some pieces of colored cellophane (the cake wrapping type is excellent) can add interesting colours to it. :-) Jostein ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:59:52 -0500 >Jostein explained: >[> Jeff asked:] >>> First with my new LX (I love saying that!!) am I correct to >>> assume that the TTL flash would still work on Bulb setting? >>> That the flash exposure would be correct? >> The TTL will not work on Bulb setting. You'll need to use the >> LX on Auto for that. > >Hmm. Izzat true for the Super Program as well? > >Depending on why one wants to mix bulb & flash, a workaround >that should be obvious (I mention it here because I know that >sometimes _I_ forget or overlook things that should be obvious) >is to resort to old-fashioned distance calculations for the >flash, or to set the flash on non-TTL auto mode and pick the >f-stop the flash expects. > >I'm figuring the point is some variation on the fill-flash >concept and/or to light some area the floodlights don't reach? > >Also, I presume the Olympus OM-series owners' trick of putting >the camera on auto and manually firing a flash until the camera >closes the shutter works on the LX, right? (I'll be shocked if >it doesn't.) > > -- Glenn > > .
