Flash recommendations?

wiltw

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Axelwik said:
Maybe just me, but I wouldn't worry much about trying to sell a half a dozen bulbs. Give them to someone who might want them.
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That is the problem...who even wants them?! My selling price basically was $1 per bulb, not even covering cost to package for shipment, for anyone living close enough to also cover shipping and no one even countered with a counter price, even someone living in SF Bay area and could pick them up for no shipping cost.
 

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Then just put them on the shelf - you might want them later (and most people aren't going to pay $1 per bulb). That's like trying to sell a half empty box of cereal.
 

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wiltw said:
Can you still get the 15v 504 battery that many BC flashguns need?
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There is an epic thread on the Honeywell Tilt-a-Mite flash that includes some experiments that seem to indicate one can use lower voltage successfully (possibly requiring some creative shimming in the battery compartment). I have a Tilta-aMite and a few flashbulbs but have resisted the urge ...
 

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Thanks for that...reading it reminded me that I played a role in that thread content.
That the discussion about alternative battery as a replacement for the 504, and the discussion persisted from 2018-2019 is indicative of the fact that the 504 battery could not be found back then! It was valuable to read...
"That's right, you don't need a capacitor to fire the bulb. Just one CR123 battery, but in the CAPACITOR's compartment, and the battery space is left empty"​
...since it is likely that my Tilt-a-Mite capacitor gave up its ghost long ago, not having been touched for over 50 years.
 

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Flash unit aside, in-tact shoes for OM cameras are few and far between. Every shoe I have seen is cracked, if not I don't think it will take long before it does. So make sure the flash has a PC sync port!
 

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FWIW, I've successfully used cracked but still functional flash shoes on my OM bodies for years/decades.
I just wouldn't put anything really heavy on it.
In addition, the proprietary Olympus cords that work using the ports on the T-32 and other Olympus flashes and the OM-2s and OM-4 and other bodies work really well with off camera flash.
 

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I sold my OM-2n recently. I have the hot shoe #4 with it but it has a crack. I glued it up before and it did work but when I tested before I sold it it didn't work. So I sold the camera as no hot shoe.
 
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