I have that combination, I recall no such problem with mine. Maybe I should check it out and see.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mat Maessen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 2:29 PM Subject: ME super and flash weirdness > Situation: > > I have an ME Super body, and a Vivitar 283 flash unit. This is an older > 283, with about 280 volts on the hotshoe terminal, as measured with my > digital voltmeter. > When the flash is plugged in, turned on, and charged, the camera > defaults to a shutter speed of 1/125 in manual mode, no matter what > speed the camera is set to. If I turn off the flash, and keep firing, > the shutter speed stays at 1/125 until the voltage at the hotshoe > terminal drops below 50 volts or so. Not that this is NOT a dedicated > flash, and there is only one terminal on flash's hotshoe. > > What I'm wondering is whether a newer flash, with a lower voltage on the > hotshoe, will let me flash-sync at speeds slower than 1/125. So does > anyone out there have an ME super, and a newer non-dedicated flash unit > that they could test with? > > thanks in advance > > -Mat >
