Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thats exactly what my DMR did this weekend when my nephew set my my DMR to 1/1000 sec and I was using indoor flash. Upper quarter of image was great, everything below was black. Eric On 12/29/06, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote: > > Bob, > > I just tried what you suggest. Put a Vivitar 285 on my Nikon D2X and > took a manual flash shot at 1/1000 sec. The upper 25% of the picture > is totally blacked out. Looks like a vertical slot shutter to me. > > Len > > > On Dec 29, 2006, at 11:05 AM, bob palmieri wrote: > > > Folks - > > > > Pardon me if someone has already suggested this but I've missed > > most of the LUG activity this month... > > > > Does the M8 have an old-fashioned PC connector? If so, someone > > oughtta be able to take a flash shot at a 4-digit shutter speed and > > see what the snap liooks like (assuming that the camera's leetle > > brain doesn't lock out flash in order to save us from our > > foibles.) I s'ppose that hot-shoe mounting might have more > > potential to lead the camera to try to do some pre-ordained flash > > function. > > > > Bob Palmieri > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >