I have done this test using my pz1p and my af330ftz. I have not recieved the 500ftz in the mail yet (UPS says Jan2!!). At stadiums with little available light (ie-two or three stops under 1/250@f4), 180th works fine especially if I catch it right at the height of action. But I was at a newer stadium in Waco for the state high school finals, and there was enough available light to slightly blur some of my photos even at 250th. Although not enough light to shoot without flash altogether. If I'd had a 2.8 lens I could've shot available using flash as fill, I think the HSS would be ideal for that use.
This reminds me of another question. According to the pz1p manual the flash meter will only register up to 1600iso. Does anyone know what MZ-S flash meter's limit is? Thanks. Nick --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nick, > > Why don't you first take some comparative shots with > your PZ-1p at > 1/250th and 1/180th to see how much blur is actually > shown using > flash. Use the AF500FTZ with it. You might be > surprised with how > little different they look. If they don't really > look any different, > you may be in business. You can use the 500FTZ with > the MZ-S and get > even longer reach than with the 360FGZ. > > > Bruce Dayton > > P.S. Let us know what you find out. > > > > Sunday, December 30, 2001, 6:25:24 PM, you wrote: > > NW> Thank you for this information. This about sums > up > NW> what I wanted to know. I'm not sure what I'm > going to > NW> do. Especially if Pentax has indeed quit > production of > NW> the pz1p. Thanks. > > NW> Nick > > NW> --- Bill Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> With my MZ-S and FA28-105, with shutter speed set > >> manually, the AF360 shows > >> the following distances on the LCD panel: > >> 1/180 70 ft > >> 1/250 ~40ft > >> 1/500 ~ 35 ft > >> 1/1000 ~20 ft > >> This was with the lens set at max aperture (5.6) > and > >> ISO manually set at > >> 800. > >> > >> If it were me, I would go with 1/180, which > should > >> be okay if you shoot at > >> the peak of the action. > >> > >> Bill, KG4LOV > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Nick Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "PDML" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 12:31 PM > >> Subject: MZ-S and flash capabilities... > >> > >> > >> > Hey all, > >> > I've got some questions about the MZ-S and > it's > >> flash system. At my > >> > position at the paper, my primary duty is to > shoot > >> sports. If there is an > >> > editorial assignment and a basketball game at > the > >> same time, the > >> basketball > >> > game has my priority (generally speaking). So I > >> was pretty dissapointed > >> that > >> > the top "normal" flash sync of the MZ-S is only > >> 180th of a sec, just a wee > >> > shy of what I'd like to shoot at. Alot of ppl > >> think that the 2.5 frames > >> per > >> > second motor drive would be a greater > >> inconvenience but I don't use a > >> > machine gun method for sports anyway. Anyway, > >> flash is very important > >> > because few of the stadiums that I shoot at > have > >> enough light to make good > >> > exposures without it. So my question is mainly > >> what kind of power loss are > >> > we looking at when using the new 360fgz when in > >> high speed sync mode? > >> > Obviously I wouldn't expect to get good > exposures > >> with the camera set to > >> > 1/6000, but, for example, what's the flash's > max > >> distance with the camera > >> > set to 250th with 800iso film? What about with > the > >> shutter set to 1/500th? > >> > Thanks in advance for any help. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Nick > >> > - > >> > 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 . > >> - > >> 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 . > NW> Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > NW> http://greetings.yahoo.com > NW> - > NW> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail > List. To unsubscribe, > NW> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the > directions. Don't forget to > NW> 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 . 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 .
