EOS Re: Flash sync speed - how important is it? [OT?]

[Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video]

At 01:25 PM 08/05/2001, you wrote:
>One of my friends wants to buy the F100 over F80 because the former has a
>1/250 flash-sync speed.

It depends ENTIRELY on what & how he/she shoots. Some time ago I traded ALL 
but one of my Nikon FTn bodies (x-sync = 1/60th) for a brace of FM2n bodies 
(x-sync = 1/250) because I was shooting A LOT of outdoor sports with ISO 
400 film in very contrasty situations and wanted fill flash to ameliorate 
the contrast so my prints would be within the repro range of the books I 
was shooting for. At the time I really wanted the Nikon F3HP (x-sync = 
1/80) but sacrificed a more robust motor drive, interchangeable finders, 
high eyepoint, aperture priority AE, and an 80/20 semi-spot meter pattern 
just for the x-sync.

I shot with those babies daily for a decade and never regretted my 
decision. Later, when money was around I got the F3 too, for my own 
pleasure, but that's another OT tale.
--
regards,
Henry Posner
Director of Sales and Training
B&H Photo-Video, and Pro-Audio Inc.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com

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