Hi Richard, Maybe the camera or, more probably, the flash is set to second curtain synch (which is unavailable @ 1/250).
Gianfranco Richard Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > folks, > > I'm on an overseas bird watching (ie, photographing) trip, but when I > use my AF500FTZ flash on my new (for me) Z-1, the camera is setting the > flash sync speed to 1/125. It'll let me set the speed slower, but it won't > let me set it to 1/250. > > Am I doing something wrong? Is there a pentax function setting or > something which is set in such a way that this is happening? > > Please help me, I'm losing lots of photos! > > thanks, > > Richard. > home page: www.richard-seaman.com ===== Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com - 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 .

