Olympus OM F280 Flash gun slow rechar...

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Author Message   SevenSister Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 12:16 am:        Dear All, My F280 seems work fine with test button but the recharging time is too long (~ 5-10s) even using new batteries on it.   David Ritchie Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 11:15 am:        If the flash is in manual mode or on auto where the capicator is fully dumped after a flash, the the time for recharge will be longer. 5-10 secs is not unusual. Try it on auto where it is pointed at a wall 4-5 feet away and see if the recharge time is much shorter. It should use only part of the charge in the capacitor and thus a shorter time to full charge.   SevenSister Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Friday, July 02, 2004 - 03:20 am:        It's work ! Thank you ! :D The F280 seem output full power when I pressing the test button.

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