Shutter speed affects the amount of ambient light in a flash exposure. It's a critical element..
Paul via phone > On Oct 7, 2013, at 8:02 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Peter Loveday <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Anyway, it's something I keep hoping for with each release, so it's a bit >> frustrating, especially with the rumoured "new flash system". Not to >> mention 1/180 being a relatively awkward speed... as a 2/3rd stop, it means >> flash meters can be annoying to work with it, or flash settings, etc. I'd >> be happy enough with 1/250 just to make that easier. > > Eh? When using flash, shutter speed has no effect on your flash > exposure, as long as you keep under the sync speed. Meaning it doesn't > even factor into your flash meter's calcs. So just set the meter to > the nearest convenient value and forget it. (That's probably 1/160th > if your set for 1/3 stops steps. Otherwise set the meter for 1/125th.) > > -- > -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. -- 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.
