Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]><< It's like the very popular > 1/8000th shutter speed - you need it once in your live - if ever. >> > >I need the 1/200 flash sync speed several times a year - and this is the main >reason for having a 1/8000 shutter. I use the fast speeds to shoot with large aperatures in bright light, with fast film. I did a shoot once of construction workers. I had been told that they would be working in dark interiors, but as it turned out, much of it was outside in bright sunlight. I had brought only fast film. I wanted to shoot them with large aperatures to separate the workers from the background, both in the interiors and exteriors. Because I had 3 speeds available above 1/1000, I was able to do this. If I had 1/1000 as the top speed, I would have been limited to about f/5.6 or f/8 at best for the outside shots--it was really bright. I would not have planned it that way, but one nice thing is that the grain matched on all of the shots. - - Paul