Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: What went wrong?
From: MSwiek@aol.com
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 10:55:56 EST

Wolfgang,

You may be encountering "ghost" images which make the images appear not 
sharp.  If the lighting in the gym was fairly bright, using the flash with a 
1/50 synch speed can result in the ambient light registering on the film as 
well.  Therefore, instead of the flash being the primary light source, and 
stopping the action, you will also get an image that is being exposed by the 
regular gym lighting.  This ambient image is being exposed at 1/50 second, 
and for action shots, you will get motion blur.  


Mike Swiek