Ok, Time to spill my guts to you fine folks. I need some help. It's a silly matter that I've had since starting shooting. Ok, here's the equipment first, cameras MZ-5n, MZ-S, flash units, AF330FTZ and AF360FGZ, lens example, my 28-105mm zoom. Ok, mix and match the flashes to the cameras however you like. Generally now it's the MZ-S with the AF360FGZ. Normal indoor conditions, flash in hotshoe properly, all charged up, flash on the P-TTL or TTL, everything is normal. Camera is set on program. This all cool so far? Ok, at 28mm, I get a wide open aperture in this case f/4 and a shutter speed of 1/30sec. Does that make sense? Is that correct? I would have thought the aperture would be smaller, and the shutter speed higher. Ok, zoom out to the 105mm, aperture still wide open, now at f/5.6, 1/90sec shutter. What's going on? I always bypass this and sometimes set the aperture, most times, I don't. I do however, in the MZ-5n, set the shutter to 1/125 to get the 1/100 sync. With the MZ-S, I set it to 1/180.
I'm quite embarrassed asking this question, but I now feel I need to know. Is what is happening correct? Am I doing the right thing by setting the shutter higher? Btw, the pictures turn out just fine. I just don't understand why the shutter speed is SO low and the aperture is wide open. Please, any assistance would be very appreciated, and while feeling like a fool for a while, at least I'll know what the heck is going on. BD ****************************************************** Brad W. Dobo, HBA (Eds.) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 16566668
