----- Original Message ----- From: "mike wilson" Subject: Re: *ist D and Flash
> > > Can you not use _any_ "shutter" speed? Or does it actually have an fp > > > shutter? > > > > It has a cute little focal plane shutter. > > What a bummer! I thought that the "shutter" would be entirely > electronic, removing the potential for failure of a (at least partly) > mechanical device. What do digicams use? > It keeps dust off the sensor during lens changes. I expect point and shoots use non shutters, but their response times are pretty abysmal, partially, I expect, due to how they have to desensitize then resensitize the sensor. William Robb
