Define the old days ;-) My FM2n and FE2 (both circa 1983) and my F801s (circa 1991) all have 1/250 sync.
-Adam On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:40 AM, JC OConnell <[email protected]> wrote: > the biggest problem with slow sync speeds is you > end up having to use small fstops to get the > ambient light exposure correct and that robs you > of flash range and/or flash fill ratio, but > half stop is half a stop, its a moderate improvement. > Compared to 1/60 in the old days 1/250 > is fantastic though. > > JC O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) > "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom" - Thomas Jefferson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > paul stenquist > Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 7:46 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Oh another K-7 thread... > > > But you lose much of the flash output. I use it all the time. It's a > poor substitute for real high speed synch. > Paul > On May 22, 2009, at 2:50 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > >> It's called High Speed sync. >> >> Works with PUF and external wired. >> >> On May 21, 2009, at 17:54 , paul stenquist wrote: >> >>> The difference between 1/180th and 1/250th flash synch is >>> substantial when shooting a brightly backlit subject in bright >>> daylight. >>> Paul >>> On May 21, 2009, at 6:28 PM, Thibouille wrote: >>> >>>> I wonder how one can draw such conclusions: >>>> >>>> * without trying the camera >>>> * seing anything else than sample (usually uninteresting whatever >>>> the >>>> brand) and a picture (of the girl) from internal Jpeg with sharpness >>>> set a -2, custom image settings set to portrait (!!) >>>> * You didn't test AF and probably you didn't read reports of quite >>>> speedier AF specially those with SDM, >>>> * Light type sensor for correcting AF (less FF/BF issue e.g. in >>>> tungsten light) >>>> * You ignore the fact that Mjpeg may mean a whole lot better quality >>>> (at the bit rate mentionned by Pentax) that Panasonic GH1 or Canon >>>> 5dii, >>>> * AF and aperture control in video (5dii where are you?) >>>> * That the 'huge' difference between 1/180 and 1/250 is a half stop >>>> (wow, huge). Btw, 5Dii is stuck at 1/200, >>>> , >> >> Joseph McAllister >> [email protected] >> >> http://gallery.me.com/jomac >> http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
