Mine does it w/ the Vivitar 560d flash I've got. For this reason, I usually keep the Vivitar 283 in the camera bag w/ the ME super. The P30T is much better behaved w/ the dedicated flash.
-MAt William Johnson wrote: > Yes. Mine does the same thing with the AF280T. Hadn't noticed before because I'm >not much of a flash guy, and I've never even had a flash on my ME Super > previously. Wasn't the ME Super Pentax's first attempt at flash dedication? I >guessed they learned some things later on. > > William in Utah. > > 5/28/02 9:59:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>My own experience with the ME Super was that I could set any shutter speed I >>wanted -- as long as I wasn't using a dedicated flash. With a dedicated flash >>attached, on, and ready, the speed was 1/125. No more, and no less. Only >>camera I ever had that wouldn't let me use a dedicated flash at a speed >>slower than the sync speed, which is why that memory stays with me so >>clearly. >> >>Now, can anyone -- such as a current ME Super user -- confirm that this is >>how the thing is supposed to behave? Mine could have been defective. >> >>ERNR >>My photographs hang on the virtual walls at http://members.aol.com/ernreed >> >>In a message dated 5/28/2002 10:15:37 AM Central Daylight Time, >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >> >> >>>>Reading ME Super user's manual, it seems the only way to use flash is to >>>>use the 125/X sync position in mode dial. But I mounted a flash and put >>>> >>>the >>> >>>>dial in Auto, and the flash fires no matter what speed the camera >>>> >>>chooses. >>> >>>>My question is: the camera syncs properly? Obviously it will not with >>>>higher than sync speeds, but with lower speeds? Or the flash fires out of >>>>syncro? I would love to be able to do slow sync. >>>>Regards >>>> >>>The phrase "slow sync" refers to something slightly different, actually, >>>but the ME Super will work properly with any speed slower than the sync >>>speed... the sync speed is the maximum shutter speed that you can use >>>before getting those black bars (caused by the second shutter curtain >>>following the first so quickly that the entire frame is never all visible >>>at once). The only warning is that, while a Pentax-dedicated flash will >>>make sure to set your shutter speed at the sync speed or slower, using a >>>non-dedicated flash means that you have to watch your shutter speeds in >>>"Auto" mode, as the camera may pick a shutter speed faster than your sync >>>speed. >>> >>- >>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 . >> > - > 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 . - 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 .
