Hi all,
OK, here's a question (or three or four) that's been on my mind for a while.
I'd like to capture a macro shot of some very fast event -- let's say a
fragile glass object hitting the ground, or a water droplet hitting the
surface of a liquid in a bowl. I can set up some sort of photoelectric
sensor that sees the object when it comes past, then I can use that sensor
to trip the electronic shutter in my camera body (an MZ-50). Does anyone
know how much time passes between the instant I close the electrical
contacts at the body, and the instant the shutter curtain actually opens?
I'm guessing perhaps a few milliseconds? Anybody had the opportunity to
measure this? Do different MZ/ZX bodies have different characteristic delay
times, or all they all pretty much the same? Finally, is there much jitter
-- that is, will the delay time be five milliseconds today, and eight
milliseconds tomorrow, or is it pretty precise from day to day, month to
month, etc.?
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this.
Bill Peifer
Rochester, NY
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