I just have to reply to one point here. I hear so many times about how
useless fast shutter speeds are. What people seem to always forget (or
never realize) is that high speed shutters also have high speed flash synch.
I don't know of any shutters synching at 1/250 that are slower than 1/8000.
Try shooting a wedding in the middle of the day and knock out eye shadows
and still get a blurred background. Or try doing indoor and night sports
where you need flash and action stopping. I have shot a 1/125 and get ugly
blur. Also 2nd curtain synch is coupled to the shutter speed. Those slow
shutters just don't cut it.
I felt the same when all I had was a Super Program. Fill flash was a
caluation and not done very often. But, my pictures showed it too. Since
working with a PZ-1p, I say Thank You Pentax for a fast shutter and fast
flash synch and automatic fill flash.
Bruce Dayton
Sacramento, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Rapp
To: pentax discuss
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 11:18 PM
Subject: MZ-S and Others
>Snip...
>1/6000 shutter speed. Who needs it. I have only been caught out once when I
grabbed Tri X rather than Plus X for an important >shooting assignment. Back
then, 1/2000 was not available and I just mounted a polariser on the lens to
allow me to open up to f8 or 11.
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