Robert, That would be my guess. The likely use is for portraits in sunlight to remove shadows and add catchlights in the eyes. In that case, you are likely to only be about 10 feet away. Even a lower guide number would be sufficient. Those who use leaf shutters with fill flash are largely doing the same basic thing. That is why I am thinking that the leaf shutter is not very necessary for the 35mm. When a more powerful version of the AF360FGZ comes out, then we're talking! That would be a much bigger seller than a leaf shutter lens.
Now I guess I'm going to have to try the high speed synch and see how well it does. Also, remember that fill flash is usually compensated down a stop or two, which helps bring back the guide number a bit. Bruce Friday, May 03, 2002, 4:53:48 PM, you wrote: RH> Bruce Dayton wrote: >> Mishka, >> >> What are you needing 1/1000 flash synch for? Would not the MZ-S and >> AF360FGZ do the job you are asking for? It can synch up to 1/6000. Or >> is flash distance a problem? RH> Has anybody actually used this feature, who can tell us how it works in RH> the real world? Haven't seen any discussion of that. RH> I assume it reduces the guide number (i.e., distance) by quite a bit. I RH> recall that Olympus had a flash like this years ago, and its guide RH> number was extremely low when in high-shutter-speed mode, much reduced RH> from normal operation. RH> Bob RH> - RH> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, RH> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to RH> 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 .
