Hi, I did exactly that a few years ago for some night exposures in Santa Monica, California. It's the sort of thing the LX is very good at. I didn't try it at exposures as short as 1/15, but I did some fairly short ones and just fired the flash manually just after I released the shutter. I haven't got time to dig the pictures out & scan them right now, but they were quite successfully, technically.
For exposures I could time with a watch I waited until 1 second before it was due to close, and fired the flash. The light from the flash causes the shutter to close immediately, of course. -- Cheers, Bob Friday, January 2, 2004, 11:38:45 PM, you wrote: > Chris, > I've got enough things to think about when I'm shooting. Firing the flash > manually when I reckon the end of a 1/15th second time span is near, just > ain't gonna happen! <vbg> > OTOH, it might be fun to try in non-critical situations. >>From: Chris Brogden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>I've never tried my old 500FTZ on an LX, but I'd have to assume that it >>won't work. >> >>You might be able to approximate it manually with a long enough exposure >>time. If you choose your shutter speed manually, and can fire your flash >>by pressing the test button on the back of it, then you can manually >>trigger the flash near the end of your exposure. Won't be perfect, but >>may be close enough, and better than nothing. >> >>chris
