Yes, of course, I agree. Note that I said "no effect on your flash exposure" because of that fact. Ambient is a separate calc and is why the shutter is so useful to control that on its own, but also why we'd really like the flash sync to be so much higher than it is now for more flexibility.
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- -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.
