What, exactly, is high speed flash sync? Sorry for the dumbness again :(
--- Michael Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Levente, > > The *ist appears to be a very robust camera for its > price and is > supposed to have Pentax's latest and best autofocus. > If autofocus is > important to you, I would wait for that camera. > > As far as those portrait and landscape modes, the > *ist has them, but you > can just ignore them. The don't really get in the > way. > > The one advanced feature that is very useful IMO is > the high-speed flash > sync. I use it all the time for outdoor portraits > and snapshots. As > far as I know, the only Pentax cameras that offer > high-speed flash sync > are the MZ-S, ZX-L and *ist. You have to buy the > AF360-FGZ to get > high-speed sync. > > Michael > > Levente -Levi- Littvay wrote: > > >Let me preface that I don't speak the language of > advanced photography. > >My main camera happily works without batteries, and > even if I put > >batteries in them all it has is a light meter... > (Pentax MX) I love > >this, I can say I really learned photography with > this guy and I am > >usually getting satisfacorty results. The features > on my MX (and backup > >ME Super SE) and M series lenses is what I > understand. Never have been > >exposed to more. (I am absolutely serious... > though I looked up what a > >mirrir lockup means when I considered buying a KX, > now that I think of > >it I also know what multi exposure is :)) > > > >Let's say I want to upgrade. I know that A lenses > allow the camera to > >automatically set apeture and the FA lenses can > autofocus. But nothing > >more (like what the dif is between AF and AF2, > etc.) > > > >What camera should I get? Can someone compare the > *ist to the models of > >choice from the MZ or ZX series. What are the > features and differences > >between features or feel, what those features mean, > how useful they are, > >etc. > > > >Let me just say that I try to be serious about my > photography so I > >prefer a camera with features that make sence to > photographers and not > >bozos. Even if I can't use them now, I would > rather learn pro features > >then set the camera to the "Portrait or Landscape" > feature and let it do > >its thing. I can see from > http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/ that the ZX-6, > >7, 10, 30 50 has these features. I don't > understand what these do but > >this sounds extremely fishy. Are these useful? > Does the *ist have > >these? On the other hand I don't know what the > rest (Av, M, P, Tv, Hm, > >etc.) mean either. I know there used to be a link > to explanations but > >when I was doing only manual work I never bothered > to read them. Now I > >can't find them... > > > >I know that the answer could be the size of a novel > but if you don't > >mind punding it out... also if everyone just puts > in their 2c worth I > >can put it together... :)) > > > >Many Thanks from the rookie of modern photography. > > > >L > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
