Diving deeper into the mail pile:
Max wrote:
MM> Is there any MZ-S owner who has the new flash?
MM> Has any owner use theirs with studio flash yet?
MM> I ask this because the manual recommends lowering the shutter
MM> speed to a full stop less than the maximum sync. speed when
MM> doing so!
MM> A mistake surely.
Max, I don't own neither the MZ-S nor the new flash, but here's my
take.
I don't think it's a mistake - actually it is the camera that should
automatically set a lower speed than sync speed no matter if it's in
auto or manual.
I suspect the reasons are the same why you need a longer speed when
in contrast control mode:
- the camera has to distinctly talk to each flash due to the
serial nature of the comm link.
- also the camera should measure/time each flash discharge
independently to allow for selective compensation.
Perhaps this sequential approach together with the corresponding
computing requires double the sync time (although if the PZ-1p logic
can do it in 1/125, why MZ-5N needs 1/60 !?)
Add for MZ-S the pre-flash initial stage where it measures each
flash by itself to determine how much it contributes to the overall
lighting, and you get a pretty impressive procedure that may justify
the additional time expense.
Eh, just my guess anyway...
Servus, Alin
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