rabzug Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 I shoot both digitally (olympus) and using film (Mamiya 7 II), and recently I tried to use my Olympus Fl600 flash on the Mamiya. It wouldn't flash, though I think I got all the settings right on the flash and the camera. Does anyone know of any problem with such use of a newish digitally-oriented flash with an older X based flash on this film camera? Any suggestions if it is not a general problem? Any help would be much appreciated. rrha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_bowring Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 First try a different flash on the Mamiya just to make sure the camera is ok and that it is not some problem with the flash. I have a Mamiya 6 and use a Vivitar 283 flash and it works fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabzug Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 First try a different flash on the Mamiya just to make sure the camera is ok and that it is not some problem with the flash. I have a Mamiya 6 and use a Vivitar 283 flash and it works fine. Thanks, I will see what I can borrow but it is heartening that you have had no problem with the Mamiya 6. Of course, if I remember the Vivitar 283 pre-dates the all digital age but I will give this a try and hope that it is some quirk in the flash, which by the way works well with my Olympus OMD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBu Lamar Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 You may need to tape the hot foot to prevent the extra pins from getting shorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabzug Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 You may need to tape the hot foot to prevent the extra pins from getting shorted. Thanks, this is something i hadn't thought about at all. I think I may go to a used flash from the proper era! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen_S Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Did you try different lenses? AFAIK the Mamiyas have leaf shutters there, so each of them could be faulty. I'd also try to crosstest the Olympus flash on a (borrowed?) primitive 35mm beater with plain hotshoe. - A need to tape extra pins would be quite unusual, in my eyes, but sorry, I am no Olympus guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabzug Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 good ideas, and I will try them, lenses and on an old 35mm camera that is hanging around the house.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabzug Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 I wanted to thank all of you for your responses. It looks as if a new flash will have to be the solution, since i looked closely where the hot shoe pins were and there doesn't seem to be a good match between the Mamiya and the Olympus flash for even one pin. I will continue to explore this problem and your leads.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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