I have sympathy for the "only 1/180th sec flash sync" whine because I could benefit from faster there too. It would mean being able to use a flash or two to overcome bright sunlight. The Fuji x100s has a leaf shutter and ultra fast x-sync, like 1/2000th sec, and apparently it's astounding shooting with flash outdoors:
http://strobist.blogspot.ca/2013/05/leaf-shutter-nd-flash-fuji-x100s.html But I just limit myself to early morning or late afternoon through evening outdoor location shoots and it's no big deal. Or I just find some shade and shoot midday. I very happily trade all these other great new things for the status-quo flash sync. On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > The most whining I've seen is that there is no improvement in the > 1/180th flash sync speed. > > I find this a bit humorous, being an old fart, and wondering how we > ever got along in the 1/60th of a second film camera X-sync days. > There was a manufacturer that attained 1/125th with a vertical focal > plane shutter, if memory serves. > > The way the "problem" was addressed in the old days was to use leaf > shutter lenses. In fact, even the film 645 and 67s had a couple of > leaf shutter lens options. To my knowledge there are no Pentax leaf > shutter lenses in the digital age. If such a solution were available, > the whining would probably switch to how expensive they were. > > Other concerns: > Focus Peaking: Has it > Mirror Lock-up: Has it > Kick-ass FPS: Has it > Improved AF: Has it > Improved video: Has it (still has the 25 minute limitation due to heat). > > If there is one feature that would have video geeks and > astrophotographers cheering, it would be a way to add sensor cooling. > I saw one innovative astrophotographer who did this to his camera by > running tiny lines from a CO2 tank through the camera body over (or > was it under) the sensor. AH, here it is: > http://www.ledametrix.com/co2/ > > > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> Okay, the news has been out long enough now. Let the bashing and whinging >> begin. >> >> No cup-holders, damn it! >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
