Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"M.E.Berube - GoodPhotos" <meb@goodphotos.com> wrote: > As an update of sorts, I was talking about my flash desires with my > local shop (PhotoMarket in Portland, ME) and the owner, Pete, > mentioned that Canon and Nikon have flash units for their modern SLRs > that will strobe fast enough to allow for a fill flash effect at upto > 1/1000 with their FP shutters. What we have yet to ascertain is "will > these flash units provide the same use on an all manual camera, or > does the body need to send a TTL signal of some sort (telepathy?) to > the flash in order to take advantage of the use." Hmm... I need to play around with that and find out. :) I have one of the earlier combos that did this...Nikon N90 + SB25 flash. Normal flash syncs at 1/250th, and this will allow sync from 1/500 through 1/8000. It basically acts like a flash bulb...instead of the burst lasting 1/50,000, it strobes the bursts together so that the next one starts as the last one is falling off, and the entire sequence lasts slightly longer than 1/500. It's not as useful as one might think. I've owned my N90 for close to 10 years, and I've only used this feature once--close to when I first got it. It's much easier to make sure you can shoot at 1/250th because then the flash will be TTL-adjusted. It's on full manual on the special strobe setting. Thanks for the experiment idea! I'm off to go play. :) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com