>I was a little disappointed to hear that the MX-S flash synch was
>limited to 1/180. Not very useful when you want to use fill flash in
>daylight. But in reading the specs, I've encountered this statement:
>
>In flash photography, it allows the user to manually select any shutter
>speed � even 1/6000 second � in addition to the standard flash
>synchronization speed of 1/180 second.
>
>What does that mean? Suppose you manually select 1/500 while using a
>flash for fill? Will it synch, or will you get a curtain image? What's
>going on here?
>Paul

That means if you stay with the current dedicated TTL flashes, you can do 
1/180s x-sync. However, you can use faster x-sync with the upcoming Pentax 
flash unit. I think Olympus was the 1st to employ this technology more than 
10 years ago.

regards,
Alan Chan

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