Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>><Snip> >> >> Andrew, >> >> Gee, I have been using the 1/60 sync speed on my Nikon F3 for years with no >> trouble for all my magazine work so I do not understand how a higher sync >> speed on the M6 would be "*MUCH* more useful". I am leaving in a few minutes >> to go over to National Geographic Television with my F3/SB28 and a 1/60 sync >> speed to do a photo spread. Just my .03 cents worth. >> >> sl > Mark Rabiner opines: > It's the same thinking that makes some people think they cant take a picture > with slower than an ASA 400. It is possible. Just not at night with no tripod or > other light extenders... > like FLASH!!! > (which at night would certainly be fine at a slower sync speed) > my first was a Nikon F2 which synced at i think an 80th. > No one though anything of it. We didn't think: > "No we cant take flash pictures until they come out with the FM which syncs > as 125th!" > Maybe it is like the dumbing down of our educational systems, auto everything is probably the dumbing down of photographers. sl