Richard, Are you sure the flash synch on the Z-1 is 1/250? If you are sure, put it in shutter priority and set it to 1/250th. If that doesn't work, put it into manual mode and set to 1/250th. I was thinking that the flash synch was one of the differences between the Z-1 and the Z-1p.
Bruce Dayton Friday, December 28, 2001, 5:53:03 PM, you wrote: RS> folks, RS> I'm on an overseas bird watching (ie, photographing) trip, but when I RS> use my AF500FTZ flash on my new (for me) Z-1, the camera is setting the RS> flash sync speed to 1/125. It'll let me set the speed slower, but it won't RS> let me set it to 1/250. RS> Am I doing something wrong? Is there a pentax function setting or RS> something which is set in such a way that this is happening? RS> Please help me, I'm losing lots of photos! RS> thanks, RS> Richard. RS> home page: www.richard-seaman.com RS> _________________________________________________________________ RS> Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. RS> http://www.hotmail.com RS> - RS> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, RS> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to RS> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - 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 .

