>From: "Neil K." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: EOS Eos 1d flash sync speed >Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:45:15 -0800 > >At 7:28 PM -0800 2/20/02, Antony Boshier wrote: >>I down loaded the EOS 1d manual off the net the other day. I was >>reading in the flash section that the fastest sync speed for the non >>Canon Speed Lights and Studio Strobes is 125 of a sec. Does anyone >>have experience with this? If this is true this is a serious >>problem with this camera. I shoot basketball for a local college >>and hook up to the strobes in the rafters. With the D1x I can sync >>at 500/sec plenty of shutter speed to stop action. Did Canon really >>overlook this?!!! > > That's not a limitation of the camera - I think it's a limitation of >the manual. :) > > What they're really trying to say is that large studio flash units >tend to produce longer-duration pulses of light than small portable >units. So it may be necessary to limit your shutter speed to 1/125 to >avoid flash sync problems. > > However, the camera has no way of knowing if it's plugged into a >studio flash unit or a little battery-powered flash unit when you're >using a PC cord or an optical slave. It shouldn't behave any >differently either way.
Neil, Does the 1D not have a conventional 2 curtain shutter like the film cameras? I have be thinking about the same thing on the D30 and someone on another list suggested that the D30 had a conventional 2 curtain shutter. Is this not true of the D30 also. Darrell D. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
