The ES and ESII have electronic, continuously variable shutter control in
AUTO; and B, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, and 1/1000 mechanical speeds (with
no meter function, batteries optional). The K2 is similar.
Your test is interesting but inconclusive - take the camera to a tech and
ask them to put it on a shutter speed test bench - that that will show you
whether or not the shutter speeds are stepless (and repeatable)...
Paul M. Provencher
(ppro)
-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:13 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: K bodies, stepless shutter
The KX does have a stepless shutter, atleast. It's easy to hear at slow
speeds, like between 1 sec and 1/2 sec. And with firing the flash at a
wall without a lens on and the back open, I can see that you do not got the
same amount of light between 1/60 and 1/125 as you do at either 1/60 (whole
frame), and 1/125 (little less than half), leading me to believe that the
shutter is firing somewhere between 1/60 and 1/125.
I did notice what you are saying about shutter variances too, that if I set
the camera to a speed (like 1/500), that the area that I get light is not
always exactly the same, but it reasonably close to the same, and
significantly different from 1/250 and 1/1000.
As for the K2 and ES cameras, I thought they had electronically controlled
shutters in manual mode too, and only a few speeds work without batteries,
like X, B, and 1/1000? Hence the big hoopla over the new Nikon FM3A with
stepless electronic shutter in automatic, plus all mechanical manual speeds.
Anyway, like you say, this is probably moot. I don't think I will be using
the KX out of the clicks on the shutter dial, a 1/2 stop change in exposure
is much easier to change with the aperture ring. Plus what you say about
variances in the shutter, meter, and camera operator is also true, and can
add to more than 1/2 stop error easily.
Todd
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