Hi all, I do not know much about the MZ-S but have a comment and a couple of questions, all centred around the issue of flash synch at fast shutter speeds. I think the camera in that class and price tag could have a faster shutter - like the one in the Z-1P. While absence of top shutter speed of 1/8000 sec is not limiting, but I feel that 1/250 sec for standard flash synch would be preferable over 1/180 sec offered by the MZ-S. Sometimes this tiny difference can be one between having a picture or not - if you use fill-in flash in daylight to illuminate something in the foreground against bright background and thus reduce excessive contrast. Of course Pentax offers now synch at all shutter speeds but anyone who has ever used that feature on any camera knows how drastically flash range gets limited when you shift from the last shutter speed with regular synch to the first one that uses FP-synch. Now questions about FP-synch in the MZ-S and the matching Pentax flash: 1) Is light TTL-metered when this feature is used? I ask this question only because some years ago Nikon offered FP-synch but this was purely manual and the user had to adjust flash output to get correct exposure for a given camera-object distance, whereas both Minoltas and Canons meter light in HSS (as Minolta calls) or FP (as Canon terms it) flash-synch mode. By the way, Olympus was the first manufacturer to offer this feature many years ago in the OM-4. 2) Is FP-synch a default feature of the external flash (like it is in Minoltas - when you turn the flash on, HSS mode is enabled; the user can turn it off) or an extra feature which can be enabled by the user at any moment (like it is in Canons)?. I hope you do not find my comment and questions very silly. Even if they are, I can always hope you will not tell me given the quality of people who participate in this list. I joined the list several months ago but did not fail to notice that this is the best-mannered list and the cultural capital of the Internet. Best regards Jarek ----------------------------------------------------------------------- P.S. Wejdź w Kontakt! Wygraj Nokie 9110i i rejs do Szwecji! < http://kontakt.wp.pl/konkurs > - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
